
God Quote-What Would Bring You Peace
john : September 4, 2025 5:33 pm : Devotionals, John Shirk, Staff PagesJOHN SHIRK – In the Year of God’s Word, this is what the Lord says in Luke 19:42.
Jesus was looking over the city of Jerusalem and wept over it, saying, “If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace-but now it is hidden from your eyes.”
He could look into the future and see great calamity coming on this city because they did not recognize the time of God’s coming to them. He saw the day when their enemies would encircle them and hem them in on every side. This was fulfilled about 40 years later when the Romans destroyed the temple. What can we learn from this sobering statement and from history? The key to a secure peace with God is a receptive heart to the Gospel, which is good news for the soul.
According to John 1:11 and 12-He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.”
Luke 19:42-that’s today’s God Quote for us to embrace for Life.
John Shirk
john@wjtl.com