PEACE - Jan. 31st, 2008

This mornings topic is a biggy.
In accessing my internet this morning, I couldn't help but notice in a news article that Brittney Spears had been taken to the hospital again for evaluation. To her, peace is a biggy. She's loosing her kids, her career, her reputation...She needs peace.
A loss of inner peace will compond lifes challenges into overwhelming obstacles.
When Jesus left this world, He made sure He left peace when He left. "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 fearful." John 14:27
Why didn't He leave them money? Money can't buy you peace. Jesus left them something more valuable and beneficial than any amount of money or anything money could buy.
The peace of God is a great mental protector. Philippians 4:7 says "The peace of God which passeth all understanding shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." The word "keep" means to protect and guard as someone would post a guard at the gate of a city.
The Peace of God is a great guide. Colossians 3:15 teaches us to let the peace of God "rule" our hearts. This word means be the umpire. The umpire is the final authority and tells us if something is "safe" or "out" or "foul".
Jesus left us peace when he left and when he comes back, He expects to find His peace still working within us. Peter warns us in 2 Peter 3 to make sure that when He returns that we are found by Him "in peace".
Of all the thoughts I've shared with you this month, I think this one really is the biggy.
Today...tomorrow... next week...next month and next year, you and I will need peace. Thank God He gave us His.

Thanks for reading.

Wanna meet me here next January?
Sam