Today's Bible reading is the 14th chapter of the Book of John. You can read it here at Bible Gateway: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+14&version=NASB

There are so many wonderful truths spoken of in the 14th chapter of the beloved apostle’s Gospel! A promised dwelling place in heaven, Christ’s promised return and reception of His Church.  In a sense, the words spoken by Jesus in the 6th verse could be considered the standard of the Christian faith, the foundational truth of what we believe.  “I am the way, and the truth, and the life” He said, “no one comes to the Father but through me.” We read of the truth that to know Jesus is to know the Father. As the Hebrew author wrote concerning Jesus; He is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature. We have the promise of answered prayer, the promise of “another Helper”, the Holy Spirit, who is also called the Spirit of truth. Oh how thankful we should be for the Helper, the Spirit of truth and the promise that we have Him forever! Daily we are in need of the Helper’s influence in our lives and daily we are in need of revealed and sustained truth. In the chapter we see Jesus teaching on the relationship between loving Him and keeping His commandments and we see Him living this truth as He did “exactly as the Father commanded” and that He did not even speak on His own initiative. As wonderful as those truths are, it is a repeated phrase that I would like to ask you to ponder. It is seen in the 1st verse and again in the 27th  verse of the passage. “Let not your heart be troubled” our Savior said. Having partaken of flesh and blood and dwelling among men, Jesus saw first- hand the reality of troubled hearts. I consider it a precious truth that He does not wish for His children to have troubled hearts. Consequently, in the first verse He says, “believe in God, believe also in me.” There is no doubt that believing God and believing His Son is necessary to rid the heart of life’s troubles. And in verse 27 we find that He has actually left behind His peace as a gift for us. Not a peace like the world gives but a peace given by the Prince of Peace.