Jehovah Shalom: Finding Peace Amid Worry and Chaos

Alright. So we're in the names of God, you know, talking about the different names of God. And over the last several weeks, talked about several different ones. But I'm gonna end this series with this one right here because I believe with all my heart, this is one of the most powerful ones. And if you've missed the other ones, they're great. Go check them out online. But this one right here, you need this one. Matter of fact, I'm gonna say this. A lot of people are searching for this one. And I would even say, as the world gets crazier Hey. Y'all ain't picking up what I'm putting down. As it gets crazier, [00:00:51] (33 seconds)  #NamesOfGodFinal

As it gets crazier, you need it more and more. Praise God. You need it more and more. And I will just tell you just to say this disclaimer out there. I'm not preaching at you today. I'm preaching with you. Alright? Because I find it sometimes hard to walk in this. I know you find it hard. I think everybody in here, everybody watching, they find it hard sometimes to walk in peace. But we're gonna talk about it. Alright? So check this out. Jehovah Shalom. Everybody say Shalom. [00:01:22] (30 seconds)  #WalkInPeaceTogether

It's only mentioned one time in Gideon's story, and you'll see it translated as Lord or Lord God. Some Bibles will even say, the Lord is our peace or the Lord our peace. Alright? It'll it'll translate it that way, but it'll be in parentheses, which is really talking about the name Jehovah Shalom. Does everybody get what I'm saying? And what's interesting is, obviously, the word Jehovah is mentioned a bunch of times in the old testament, but the word Shalom is mentioned a bunch of times. [00:03:53] (28 seconds)  #FaithInChaos

Gideon was surrounded by the enemies. He was surrounded by the enemies, and everyone was out to kill him as far as the children of Israel. And and in Gideon's mind, there was no way they could ever come through this thing and not be touched. He he knew they were gonna fall. They he knew it was not gonna go well. It was all gonna be bad. But God had a different plan. How many of you know that? So even in the midst of chaos, in a confused place, [00:06:19] (28 seconds)  #VictoryThroughPeace

Why were they living like they were in Egypt? Even though God had already given them the land, God told them, I will I will take care of you. I will bless you. I will make your enemies your footstool. I will take care of you. Why? Well, it had to do with how they were thinking. It's how they thought. The reality is they were consistently and constantly worried. They were worried about no water, no food. What about these people? What about these people? And really honestly, and when I say worry, I'm using it as an all encompassing word to to say the opposite of peace. [00:07:43] (36 seconds)  #FaithNotFear

Because whenever you think the opposite of peace, for example, I'm not talking about the opposite of peace being war. I'm talking about the opposite of peace, get this, being worry, fear, doubt, confusion, fretting, worried about everything. The sky is falling. Worms are taking over. And I don't know if you've noticed this, but in our culture, there's a whole lot of reasons if you were to look at it in the natural to be worried. Yeah. I mean, but Jesus warned us about this in Matthew 24. [00:08:19] (28 seconds)  #BibleIsRelevant

because I start worrying. You see, when it goes from out there into in here, I gotta shut that thing off, and that means I gotta unplug. You know what I mean? When when I start hearing about and think about it. What's going on in our culture right now? I mean, this is happening. This is happening. I don't wanna list these because then people think I'm got a political agenda or whatever. But but but it's blah blah blah blah blah. And can I tell you? Twenty five years ago when I started the church, it wasn't that way. It wasn't that way. Matter of fact, some of the stuff I preached twenty five years ago, people were like, yeah. You're crazy. Now everybody's like, oh. Maybe there's something to it. Why? Because the word of God hasn't changed. [00:09:56] (38 seconds)  #ChoosePeaceDaily

Word of God hasn't changed. Now there's two ways to approach the the future, with worry, fear, doubt, dread, confusion, or with peace? Which one do you want? I want peace. You want peace? You want peace? Let me just tell you, Jesus talked a lot about it, but here's what I want you to hear. You ready? [00:10:35] (22 seconds)  #TodayIsEnough