What did Jesus The Son of God meant in John 16:33?

[BibleBoy]

Jesus said in John 16:33 ''I have spoken these things to you that you may have peace in Me. You have distress in the world; but be encouraged, I have overcome the world.'' I study Strong's and this is what the more literal translation means:

''I have spoken these things to you that you may have peace in Me. You have pressure in the world; but have courage! I have subdue the world!''

What do you think Jesus The Holy Messiah meant by the wod ''pressure''. I think a lot of Christians are pressured today.

May The Perfect God bless you,

Zack

[Guest GarySaved]

In the world, everything is high speed.

We have clocks that tell us what time it is, to the fraction of a second. If we have to wait 5 seconds for a web page to load, we get impatient.

When we trust in God, we know everything is going the way He intended, so altho everything around us may be chaotic, in our heart, we can be at peace.

In John 16:27 Jesus said: Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

The disciples were having trouble understanding what Jesus was saying. Jesus would be leaving them soon, and He was trying to leave them (and us) with some encouragement.

Gary

[Keith]

I think the pressures in the world that it's talking about are not only the big things that go on, such as catastrophes, illnesses, etc., but also the every day things that we all get caught up in.

For example, we all have to be sure we get to the bank, get the bills paid, run errands, get the car washed, make dinner and do the dishes, etc., There is such a demand on our time these days! All of these things must be attended to and it seems that there aren't enough hours in the day to do everything that "needs" to be done.

But if we include God in our day and make Him our first priority, His peace will be with us as we go about all of these things. Talking to Him throughout the day makes a world of difference! Satan likes to use these every day things and make them appear "urgent" to distract us from our walk with God.

People often say that they don't have enough time to spend in the Word and/or prayer. I believe we can't afford not to! No matter what's going on in the world and our personal lives, God is still (and always will be) God and nothing diminishes His awesomeness.