Is there just the one kind or are there many kinds of God's peace?
I had read recently of a peace of God, is one that is active in maintaining peace. I had this vision of the word "peace' dressed in military camouflage.
We can pray for people to have the "peace" of God and many take His promise and hold it close. But others have His peace as their "badge of honor"!
But God's peace is so much more than we can wrap our heads around.
There are those who bless God and then turn their thoughts over to how they might fix a "situation" that calls for God' s intervention.
In writing on peace, I always think of that Jesus spoke about in John 14:27...His peace. John 16:33............33 These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world." NKJV
I guess the one I really love is this one:
Isaiah 32:17-20
17 The work of righteousness will be peace,
And the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance forever.
18 My people will dwell in a peaceful habitation,
In secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places,
19 Though hail comes down on the forest,
And the city is brought low in humiliation.
20 Blessed are you who sow beside all waters,
Who send out freely the feet of the ox and the donkey.
NKJV
To me, that work of righteousness in peace is like wrapping up in warm sheets taken from the dryer. And the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance forever, is like being wrapped again in a warm comforter over the warm sheets.
Heard of this disease. Did not know it even existed? But a part of the brain can be affected and that makes the brain unable to rest or allow the body to rest. So the body just keeps operating without sleep. What a terrible situation for people with that dreadful disease.
I like coming to the end of the day. It is the sun giving its final salute to the blackness of night. And it the night, finding that place that I rest in quiet, rest in Who God is, I find peace. In thinking on Him, I abide. And in that abiding I find the security of His Word holds me in a place of strength, joy and much love.
Wrapping up in God, is that we sound like Him and look like Him.
2 Peter 1:2-7 Amplified Bible:
2 May grace (God's favor) and peace (which is perfect well-being, all necessary good, all spiritual prosperity and freedom from fears and agitating passions and moral conflicts) be multiplied to you in [the full], personal, precise, and correct] knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. 3 For His divine power has bestowed upon us all things that [are requisite and suited] to life and godliness, through the [full, personal] knowledge of Him Who called us by and to His own glory and excellence (virtue). 4 By means of these He has bestowed on us His precious and exceedingly great promises, to that through them you may escape [by flight] from moral decay (rottenness and corruption) that is in the world because of covetousness (lust and greed), and become sharers (partakes) of the divine nature. 5 For this very reason, adding your diligence [to the divine promises], employ every effort in exercising your faith to develop virtue (excellence, resolution, Christian energy) and in [exercising] virtue [develop] knowledge, (intelligence)
6 And in [exercising] knowledge [develop] self-control, and in [exercising] self-control [develop] steadfastness (patience, endurance) and in [exercising] steadfastness [develop] godliness (piety). 7 And in [exercising] godliness [develop] brotherly affection, and in [exercising] brotherly affection [develop] Christian love.
Our staying in peace, look a lot like how much we love our neighbor.
And in a lot of grocery stores, one sees another try to run down the other shopper while shopping for the "organic" label.
L-O-V-E is woven throughout the Bible. It is woven throughout lives by those who loved so much, their lives changed dramatically. Can we love another without expecting our way to be done? After all, we are talking about being led out into the peace of God, right?
It was seen as " a humbling", as a sacrifice, as something to help another, and the fruit is remembered to this day. Joshua and Caleb saw giants, but remained in faith and love toward God and His plan.
What kind of peace...did they have?
What kind of peace.....did Mary have when Joseph was wanting to put her away privily?
What KIND OF PEACE did Jesus have on the Cross?
Matthew 1:18-25
18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.
20 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.
22 Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,
23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
24 Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:
25 And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.
KJV
What KIND of PEACE is seen in your life and mine?
What kind of peace is evident, or is it?
What fruit is evident in our lives? Does anything speak of us?
1 Thessalonians 3:11-13
11 Now may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus clear the way for us to come to you. 12 May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you. 13 May he strengthen your hearts so that you will be blameless and holy in the presence of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy ones. NIV
May the Lord make our love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else. May He strengthen our hearts so we will be blameless and holy in the presence of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy ones.
May our hearts be the behaving and on the look-out for our Lord's imminent return. Being led by His Presence, we allow the Holy Spirit to lead us. We become intentional in pursuing God and in finding those perfect relationships to help us grow in the Lord. We have the active goal of spreading the knowledge of His glory to other nations. And we are the restored to the new in and by the Holy Spirit. Being grateful, we find Him standing in Peace. Expressing our joy to be in His peace, we find ourselves leading a parade of the goodness of God for our lives and for others.
2 Peter 3:14 Amplified Bible ...So beloved, since you are expecting these things be eager to be found by Him [at His coming] without spot or blemish and at peace [in serene confidence, free from fears and agitating passions and moral conflicts.
Father, in Jesus' name we have seen the wicked and ruthless man flourishing like a green tree in its native soil, but soon passed away and was no more. Though we looked for him he could not be found. Father consider the blameless man, observe the upright. There is a future for the man of peace. (Psalm 37:35-40)
Our salvation has come from the LORD. He is our stronghold in time of trouble. Our refuge is in the Lord. Father, thank You for Jesus and the Blood of the Lamb. We are thankful to YOU for salvation and for YOUR grace and mercy.
May Your divine message be in our hearts. And may we even here and now, Your children resemble You. As Your children, we abide and remain with You Lord, having a perfect confidence (boldness and assurance) and not ashamed or shrink from His presence. Come Lord Jesus Come. Amen.
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