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.
Christ's PEACE is
given to us. The world has it's own idea of peace and this world's peace isn't
like Christ's peace.
We fool ourselves by
saying peace is this state of mind we can possess- a calmness, a security, a
comfort. We hear things about 'world
peace' and this is an idea of everyone
getting along- no fighting, no wars to disrupt people's lives. We imagine this
world peace as being elusive and it is because it hasn't existed - ever. There
have been ILLUSIONS of peaceful kingdoms throughout history, but they've never
been WORLDWIDE, there was always some part of the world waiting in the wings
wanting to try and take over for themselves. Today it's the same. We have
several huge countries that get along on the surface only because we risk
worldwide destruction if they don't. A
lot of smaller countries are at war right now. And even with some of the larger
countries participating in wars they don't bring all their power into play
because the other larger countries will want to step it and it just never ends.
World peace is a
lovely concept but a misguided one. Our Savior did not come to bring us this
sort of peace.
Mat_10:34 Think not that I am come to send peace on
earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
Yet, our Savior DOES
leave HIS peace with us, just NOT the peace of the world.
The peace our Savior
leaves with us is to keep our hearts from being troubled and afraid.
Fear and being
troubled - we all know what this is like.
Fear and being troubled in a world of war on so many fronts, we need the
peace only our Savior can give us. Peace of the surety of eternal life through
HIM and HIS LOVE. The peace of ETERNAL
LIFE. The peace of this NOT being our
home. The peace of the heart, of the
mind because our hearts and minds belong to Christ!
By HIS grace may we
have HIS PEACE!
Please, Father, in
the name of Your Son, we would know YOUR PEACE.
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