Peacemaker

Mat 5:2  And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,

 

Mat 5:9  Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

 

Peacemakers.

 

2Co 13:11  Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.

 

Rom 12:18  If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.

 

If it be possible.

As much as lieth in you.

 

Our SAVIOR knew and knows how hard it is for us to live in peace.  Not just in the world as in 'world peace' but simply among those we live with. It seems whenever and wherever there is interaction between people there arises strife.  I'm not talking solely knock down dragged out fist fights but even silent angst- this is strife as well. We may pride ourselves on not yelling but that cold shoulder is screaming out its silent ire loud and very clearly to its recipient. And even where there is silence there is no guarantee of peace. 

 

Living peacefully with each other.

 

This is somewhat ironic in that just today there was a somewhat major upset among my family. The tension was so thick, the pain of the upset so real, the division caused by the fuss was very evident and the lack of peace surrounding us was huge. 

 

Satan doesn't want us to have peace and will do EVERYTHING He can to cause upset.

 

God will use the upsets to TEACH us, to TEST us, to TRY us, to REFINE us IF WE LET HIM.

 

If we are consistently and sincerely praying for God's will to be done in our lives who are we to complain at His methods?

 

We are so quick to imagine that God has LEFT us when upsets comes.

He wants us to be QUICK to SEEK HIM, truly SEEK HIM when upsets come and not seek our OWN devices, not wallow in Satan produced emotional mire.

 

Are we learning? Are we too stubborn to learn? Are the challenges growing harder for us? Is the fire getting ever hotter? 

 

We need to be ever learning, we do NOT need to be too stubborn to learn. We have to praise God if the challenges are becoming harder and the fire hotter- it means we are being refined more and more, but ONLY if we are letting God work upon us as we walk in the fires of affliction.

 

Is it possible to go through all the pain of a learning experience and come out of it having learned nothing?  Yes.  It is very possible for us to suffer over and over all the while refusing to learn from our suffering. We choose - and when we are in the fire our thinking can often be very clouded. 

 

We know that upsets will come there is NO DOUBT. Maybe there are a few days angst free but that's rare. The upsets can start the moment you're awakened and continue until you are closing your eyes in sleep that night. Upsets can come one after the other. It sometimes feels as if we no sooner get through one upset then another is right there waiting for us. 

 

Is it any wonder at all we are told this…

 

Rom 12:18  If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.

 

If is be possible…  as much as lieth in you… live peaceably with all men.

 

 

The only REAL peace we can have is the KNOWLEDGE of our SAVIOR and HIS MESSAGE OF HIS KINGDOM.  To have peace in the world is not something we truly can look for.

 

 

Mat 10:34  Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.

 

Joh_14:27  Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

 

Joh 16:33  These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

 

Our good cheer must come from JESUS CHRIST OUR SAVIOR and HIS OVERCOMING THE WORLD, the same world that will give us tribulation after tribulation after tribulation.

 

Please LORD HELP us to find peace in YOU when our world is one filled with strife.

 

Help US LORD to have YOUR PEACE, not the peace we associate with the world.

 

We LONG to be called the CHILDREN OF GOD.

 

Mat 5:9  Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

 

Help us to be PEACEMAKERS- those who point to CHRIST for the source of our true PEACE.

 

Bless us LORD, KEEP US IN YOU ALWAYS!!

 

IN YOUR LOVE!