The center of peace is the Spirit of God.
The only peace that exists is through God.
We must remember that our All in All is the One…our great I Am.
What brings peace?
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I rejoice in Your word like one who discovers a great treasure. I hate and abhor all falsehood, but I love Your instructions. I will praise You seven times a day because all Your regulations are just. Those who love Your instructions have great peace and do not stumble. I long for Your rescue, Lord, so I have obeyed Your commands. I have obeyed Your laws for I love them very much. Yes, I obey Your commandments and laws because You know everything I do. Psalm 119:162-168
Loving God’s instructions gives peace and helps us to not stumble.
Sounds pretty simple, doesn’t it?
I often say this, but it always bears repeating, we MUST read and contemplate on the Word of God daily. The God of the universe has given us a written instruction manual to read, along with Holy Spirit to guide us, what more could we ask for?
Today, I encourage you to do just that…make a decision to daily read scripture and take time to meditate upon it. Read and then sit and ask God to speak to you about what you’ve read. What does He have to say? What does the scripture mean to you that day? How can you use the scripture to lead you through this day?
When we are deliberate about our time in scripture then we will have much more success in life. Our days will be wrapped in wisdom and peace.
That peace that surpasses all understanding.
I wouldn’t trade it for anything.
I know what it is to live life without peace. I grew up with no peace. As a young adult, I began to know truth, yet still couldn’t grasp peace. It took time to discern, but I realized that I’d always been surrounded with a cloud of unpeaceful witnesses. It was time to reconfigure my influences. I stepped away. I found a real and authentic relationship with Jesus, and He slowly and methodically began to peel away the layers of distrust, uncertainty, and lies that had held me captive for a lifetime. I hadn’t chosen to be fearful, it was how I was brought into this world. Imagine…never knowing peace. When that has been the case, and then you do find it…well, you won’t walk away from it for anything. You want to share it with everyone.
It’s in my brokenness that I’ve found my mission to lead others to the God I know. The God of peace. The God Who fights for me when others won’t. He never tires. Never walks away. Never gives up on me. Never fails. He is.
The One Who was, Who is, and is to come…that’s the peace I know.
I pray you know Him too.
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