Peace to you

{Daily Selah}

Peace is a recurring theme throughout all of Paul's epistles. He begins most of his letters with a salutation of peace.

He greeted to the Philippian church by saying, "Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ." (Philippians 1:2)

Paul deeply desired for his brothers and sisters in the Lord to know peace.

As we discussed here yesterday in Peace be still, Jesus is the Prince of Peace and true peace is found only in relationship with Him. 

When we have known His peace, grace, mercy  and love, we want to share it. We want others to know of the perfect peace, hope, joy and love we have experienced at our Savior's feet. 

Paul wanted his friends to know this place of blessed contentment and assurance in Christ also. "Peace to the brethren..." (Ephesians 6:23)

If you're reading this right now and you don't know peace, let me ask you something...

Do you know that Jesus gave His life for you and that your sins have been forgiven? 

If you do, then they only reason for lack of peace is a lack of focus on Him. Please think about that and refocus so He is foremost in your mind. Think about His promises to you in His Word and how faithful and trustworthy He has always been and always will be. Allow Him to pour His peace into your heart and life.

If you don't know what it means to have a relationship with Jesus Christ, I really want you to know His peace too. 

Please visit peacewithgod.net to learn more about Jesus' perfect peace He wants so much to share with you. 

Peace to you. 




{Daily Selah} is a mini-devotional, a pause to ponder about the Lord and how He wants us to live. 

Peace, be still

Something happened earlier today that really disturbed my personal peace. The situation is still very difficult and will be for some time, but I'm so grateful the Lord didn't leave me in that place of shaken peace very long.

You know, the world is looking for peace, but peace, for many people, can be an elusive thing. They go through life, trying to find the thing they lack in a relationships, career, other pursuits and sometimes through addictions. And yet there is always something missing. The emptiness they feel is the result being unable to find peace. 


The only source of real, lasting peace is the Prince of Peace, the Lord Jesus Christ. He Himself is our peace (Ephesians 2:14). His peace is not a temporary fix that fades away like the world's peace. His peace is real, lasting and complete. 

So, how do we claim this peace? 

How do we live in the calm assurance of His peace, day by day, moment by moment?

The Prince of Peace, who is the living Word of God has given us the answer in His written Word. 

 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, 

whose mind is stayed on thee:

because he trusteth in thee (Isaiah 26:3).

That verse reveals the way to find peace and the way to remain in this blessed state of real and lasting, eternal peace. 

It starts in our thinking. When we dwell on all the chaos and noise around us, we will feel the turmoil within. But, when we re-focus upon the Prince of Peace, placing our faith in Him, He floods our hearts with peace.

A mind that is stayed on the Lord Jesus Christ, our Prince of Peace is not shaken, distressed or disturbed by the mess life can take on at times. 

Peace is the assurance of His presence, His love and His power at work in our lives. 

Real peace doesn't mean the absence of trouble. Real peace is our rock and shelter in the midst of the storm, just like Jesus Himself is. 

One day, Jesus was out in a boat with His friends and had fallen asleep. Check out what happened next...

And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full.

And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?

And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. (Mark 4:37-39)

Jesus has the power to calm the storm in my life and in yours and to say to us in the midst of the turmoil, the chaos and the strife, "Peace, be still." 

The storm may not go away immediately, but we can still have great calm, safe and secure in the presence of the Prince of Peace. 

HE IS OUR PEACE.

Whatever storm is brewing or crashing down over our lives right now, we must remember the Prince of Peace is right there beside me and right there beside you.

He says to us right now, in this moment, "Peace be still."