John 14:27 ESV
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
As I write this weeks blog we are
celebrating the second week of Advent, it is the week that we speak
of peace and the Messiah come to bring peace on earth and good will
towards humanity. Yet for many, this time of year does not seem so
peaceful.
We find a world that is troubled and
conflicted, a world that at times seems the farthest from anything
peaceful. Even though it is Advent and we are approaching Christmas,
many have lost loved ones, and many find themselves in the hour of
darkest despair and even hopelessness.
How do we speak than of this Messiah
that we call the Prince of Peace? Did His arrival mean that world
violence would stop, and tragedy would never again befall on His
people? Well you and I are first hand witnesses to the fact that
violence and tragedy still continues to this very day.
My friends, the love of Jesus and His
presence as the Prince of Peace is much bigger than this world. The
fact is that the peace of Christ is an inner strength and endurance
in all of us that carries us through the darkest times of our lives.
The peace of the Messiah is the peace that we have in the fact that
He would one day sacrifice himself for our eternal peace with him in
heaven.
Beloved, don't wait for the peace of
Christ, He has already placed it in you. All that you need do is
acknowledge Jesus in your life and understand God's plan of salvation
for us through Jesus Christ. Once we understand the Master's plan,
the strength, grace, and peace of Jesus will overwhelm us and carry
us when we can no longer walk.
Beloved, my prayer
for you this day is that you will discover what true peace is like.
Accept the true Prince of Peace into your lives. Yes, bad things will
occur in our lives but God has sent His Son in the form of a human
child born in a manger as to set our worries aside and to endure
until we are once again in the presence of the King of Kings.
This is the day
that the Lord has made.
