Peace found only in Jesus.
“I leave the gift of peace with you—my peace. Not the kind of fragile peace given by the world, but my perfect peace. Don’t yield to fear or be troubled in your hearts—instead, be courageous!” –John 14:27 TPT
What does peace look like to you? Don’t we tend to judge it based on what we think it should be? Usually we define it as comfort that can be material, financial, physical or psychological. But comfort is the world’s term. We’re never promised it-in fact, we’re promised trouble.
I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. –John 16:33 NIV
Comfort may be how the world gives…buy a new jacket, have another glass of wine, post a selfie of you living out the perfect moment, seize control of a situation to achieve your desired outcome. But that isn’t how Jesus gives us peace. Our peace is found in our identity in Him, as His bride, His beloved, a cherished child of the Most High God. Our peace is inevitably tied to His trustworthiness, His reliability, and His ever-present help. Knowing that whatever we may face, final victory has been procured by Jesus. We step into that peace when we surrender the trouble to Him and take courage in His provision.
Don’t miss that Jesus calls this peace a gift. It is a gift of grace, just like our salvation. We can’t achieve it on our own… we can’t buy lasting peace, drink lasting peace, fake lasting peace or control it. Our perfect peace is only found in Jesus.
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