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Picture of a dark blue sky with
sunlight shining on the clouds, and a perfect white dove flying
in the foreground, with the word, "Peace" written in script.
Jesus tells all who follow Him,
"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." (John 14:27)
The Prophet Isaiah wrote of the Lord: "Thou wilt keep him in
perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth
in thee." (Isaiah 26:3)
The Psalmist writes: "The LORD will give strength unto his
people; the LORD will bless his people with peace." (Psalm
29:11)
And again, in another Psalm, "I will both lay me down in peace,
and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety."
(Psalm 4:8)
There are many other passages of
Scripture that speak directly of the peace of God, and nearly
the entire Bible teaches us to rest in the Lord, trusting Him
for the things we cannot understand. This world is not at
rest. Wars and fightings and troubles break out on every
hand. It has been that way since Adam disobeyed God and
was driven out of the garden, since Cain murdered Abel, and in
every generation from the beginning. Jesus says it will
continue on as before, and only get worse before the end.
What do any of us have to look
forward to, then? We are born — we come screaming into
this world — and we live lives dotted or dominated by pain and
suffering, loss and sorrows, and then we weaken, sinking down
until we die. Paul said that the outer man (his body) kept
wasting away... but then he said something else.
"For which cause we faint not; but
though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day
by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a
moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight
of glory; While we look not at the things which are seen, but at
the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are
temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were
dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with
hands, eternal in the heavens. (2 Corinthians 4:16 - 5:1).
God has a heavenly home, and Jesus
has promised to make a place there just for us (for all who know
and follow Him), and to one day return to take us all to be in
that place, with Him, forever. (Read about this in John 14.) The
Christian believer, then, has much more than this world to hope
for, and to look forward to. We can enjoy the peace of God
here and now, and we can also look to a glorious home in the
heavens, where we will be with Christ in eternity.
"Be anxious for nothing, but in
everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let
your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which
surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds
through Christ Jesus." (Philippians 4:6 & 7, NKJV)
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