When a military complex rumbled with explosives in Lagos, Nigeria, several years ago, the tragedy recorded more deaths several kilometres away than at the epicenter of the disaster. Thousands who heard the thunderous blasts were troubled and fled in panic, with hundreds meeting their end in a deep canal, covered by hyacinth. Our Lord Jesus Christ understands what awaits a perturbed mind. It is worse with spiritual matters. The heart wracked by apprehension and guilt is home to the devil. Satan assaults such with a whirlwind of destructive ideas that send the heart to directions opposite of God’s desires and purposes. In the midst of vast and unprecedented technological and scientific breakthroughs, the human race is yet ill at ease. There are high and low intensity wars by terrorists making mockery of the arsenals of peaceful nations. Homes are disintegrating with a depravity called LGBT (short for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender). Violence and killings are the staple of the news media. All these are symptomatic of a troubled world. Rebellious man caused it through the rejection of the plan of God. But Jesus, “the Way, the Truth, and the Life” has offered the all-time panacea. In our reading today, He is assuring mankind that true and lasting peace is with Him. He promises a satisfying abode for those who receive Him as Saviour and Lord, declaring that He has prepared mansions for us in His Father’s Kingdom. The way out for troubled man is to forsake the human-inspired solutions to the universal crises and embrace God’s programme of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.