If we would of keep reading the next verses of this Gospel we would of heard, “I have told you this so that you might have peace in me. In the world you will have trouble, but take courage, I have conquered the world.”
These words put into perspective the many difficulties of this world in which we live. There is always something more for us to fear. Be it something taking place in the world or in our own life. There are those struggles with temptation which seem as if they will never be conquered along with everything else that constantly beats upon us in this life.
The apostles will soon come to that moment in time when the Lord will no longer be with them physically. His words to them are important because they are perfecting them to be found ready for that which will soon await them. In the days which lie ahead they will come to be tested and will come to Lord for the peace that the Lord alone can bring to them.
Throughout the Easter season the Lord is recorded coming to them stating, “Peace be with you.” These words of comfort were so needed because their hardships were great. After His Ascension and the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost their life would not be any easier and yet they endured in proclaiming the Gospel to the nations, even when their own life was asked of them.
We must long for this peace that is brought to us by Christ alone. Without being found receptive of such peace we will always be on the edge for this world can never fulfill us. We will always be left longing for something else to fulfill, but will never find what we are after unless we find it in Christ.
For this reason we must continue to come to the Lord in prayer. Here we come to place our trust upon Him not just through a proper use of words or actions, but our being has faith in Him. Such faith changes who we are as a human person and allows us to live freely as disciple of the Lord our God.
Such faith ushers peace and joy into our life. Even when we are in the midst of the cross all hope is not lost because such hope continues to spring forth through the reality of the empty tomb and the fact that the Lord has risen. May we have such faith in these sacred mysteries which have come to redeem the world of sin and death.
Through our encounter we all that Lord has done we will come know peace despite world which continues to proclaim trouble.