One of the great things that people say they crave in life today is peace. “If I could just have some PEACE and quiet.” The sad reality today is that the world knows no peace. Ezekiel 13:10 begins with this phrase. “Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace.” Our world seems as if it has turned upside down and often, even Christians are left feeling as if there is no peace.
When it comes to this world, that statement is more true than ever – there is no peace. For you and me, however, that is not the case. We can have peace through Jesus Christ. John 14:27 “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”
We should, through the Holy Spirit of the Lord, have peace from Christ. Jesus says directly that our peace is not found in the world, politics, amusements, or other things. Our peace is His peace that he imparts unto us.
The world wants so much to draw us into it’s craziness – to get us a worked up as they are. News is mostly bad and certainly sensationalized and untrustworthy. Look to the One we can trust, Jesus Christ. Let’s grab hold of His peace in and for our lives, and share it within our homes and our churches. There is a better way to live. It is living in God’s peace, even when the world around us seems crazy.