Php 4:7 “And the peace of God, which passeth all
understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”
Peace might be the most sought-after aspect of life. So much so we will literally fight for it,
that’s an oxymoron… fight for peace.
We desire it personally, within families, amongst loved ones
and even life as a whole.
But we can be misguided in seeking it by looking around us
instead of what’s in us.
We’re prone to look at others and measure ourselves as being
happier with what we have or less happy because of what they have. Causing us
to strive to obtain something we can’t!
Peace can only come from the Father (Jn 14:27 “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto
you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you.”)
The peace of God doesn’t come from our surroundings, but
only through the Spirit and dwells within the soul.
We can’t be guided to it by self-help books or with a few
office visits, it comes from the Father above and dwells in our hearts below.
Ironically, peace was brought to us through an act that was
not peaceful at all, death and the cross (Rom 5:1 “Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our
Lord Jesus Christ:”)
Thus, peace does not dwell in the absence of problems, but
only in the presence of Jesus.
The Father has not left peace for us to do, but to walk in
it.
Those who are in the
best of circumstances but without God can never find peace, but those in worst
of circumstances but with God need never lack peace.
Psa 34:14 “Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and
pursue it.” (in Christ!)
HSAY… Todd
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