Jesus came to usher peace into our lives and our world.

耶稣来，使我们可以得着真平安。

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. John 14:27

我留下平安给你们，我将我的平安赐给你们。-约翰福音14章27节

A friend shared with me that for years she searched for peace and contentment. She and her husband built up a successful business, so she was able to buy a big house, fancy clothes, and expensive jewelry. But these possessions didn’t satisfy her inner longings for peace, nor did her friendships with influential people. Then one day, when she was feeling low and desperate, a friend told her about the good news of Jesus. There she found the Prince of Peace, and her understanding of true peace and contentment was forever changed.

有个朋友告诉我，多年来她一直在寻找平安和满足。她和丈夫一起开创了成功的事业，使她有能力购置豪宅、名牌服饰和昂贵首饰，甚至拥有极富权势的朋友。然而，这一切都不能让她得到内心所渴望的平安。有一天，她正陷入低潮绝望时，一个朋友向她传讲福音，她因此认识了赐平安的主耶稣，而且明白了什么是真正的平安和满足。

Jesus spoke words of such peace to His friends after their last supper together (John 14), when He prepared them for the events that would soon follow: His death, resurrection, and the coming of the Holy Spirit. Describing a peace—unlike anything the world can give—He wanted them to learn how to find a sense of well-being even in the midst of hardship.

当耶稣和门徒共进最后的晚餐之后，向他们提到这种平安（约翰福音14章），为要预备他们面对即将发生的事：祂的死亡、复活及圣灵的降临。耶稣说祂所赐的平安，不像世人所赐的。耶稣要门徒在艰苦的环境中，仍能学会如何得到真正的平安。

Later, when the resurrected Jesus appeared to the frightened disciples after His death, He greeted them, saying, “Peace be with you!” (John 20:19). Now He could give them, and us, a new understanding of resting in what He has done for us. As we do, we can find the awareness of a confidence far deeper than our ever-changing feelings. 

过后，当复活的耶稣向惊惶害怕的门徒显现时，耶稣对他们说：“愿你们平安！”（约翰福音20章19节）如今，因着耶稣为我们所成就的事，让我们以及当时的门徒对平安可以有新的体会。这样的平安，并不在于我们内心善变的感受，而是源于赐下平安的耶稣基督。

Heavenly Father, You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are fixed on You. Help us to trust in You forever, for You are our Rock eternal.

天父，那些专心寻求祢的人，
祢会让他们满有平安。求祢帮助我们能永远信靠祢，
因祢是我们永久的磐石。

John 14:25-31New International Version (NIV)

25 “All this I have spoken while still with you. 26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. 27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.

28 “You heard me say, ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. 29 I have told you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe. 30 I will not say much more to you, for the prince of this world is coming. He has no hold over me, 31 but he comes so that the world may learn that I love the Father and do exactly what my Father has commanded me.

“Come now; let us leave.

整理：于姊妹