“Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Don’t let your heart be troubled or fearful.”
John 14:27 CSB
What is the peace that the world gives? In fact it is no peace at all…but rather something closer to forgetfulness of the stressful moments, or even the hope of peace promised but never delivered for long…often the calm before the next storm.
Jesus peace, though, is internal calm in light of external chaos. It is confident rest in the promises of an all powerful God. It is comfort through the most tragic suffering possible, because God is literally right next to us in the valley of the shadow of death. Peace because we are not deserted or thrown back to the wolves of our condemning mind. No, we are His ETERNALLY!!
The peace that Jesus gives is a gift to us because He has completed the work of our salvation, and there is nothing I can do to screw it up! My biggest failing would be to reject the gift of true peace and embrace the false, fleeting and phony “peace” the world offers. Effectively embracing a life of lies and tragically tantalizing disappointments.
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