PEACE. Where does it come from? Is it a state of being or a being itself?
I have only found one sustaining answer to these questions. I've experienced peace in it's several forms - at the side of a lake, in a breathtaking sunset, rocking a baby to sleep, sleeping... But what happens when I wake up, or the baby cries or the sun sets? I've also known the presence of peace in the most awful times in ways that are beyond explanation, defying the circumstances surrounding it. But where does peace come from?
Peace comes from knowing that my feet are on a solid floor and that my destiny is not flippant.
Peace is the calm under the the top side of a lake that is being battered in a storm, or the warm fire in a house while a storm is wrecking everything outside. Peace is knowing that I am being held up by someone bigger, wiser and stronger than myself, when I feel like all hell is crashing down. Peace is surety that isn't always felt. It's a trust. A knowing that we are somehow being taken care of by someone who is larger, yet more present in the details then we could ever be; someone who is greater than the sum of all trouble. My only answer to this question is outside of myself. I have experienced and continue to know true peace regardless of what is swirling inside or around me. From the most minute disturbance to the deepest cut, peace has come to me when I have asked. Yes, peace has a name and this name could sleep in the middle of a storm. Jehovah Shalom. God is peace. He is stable footing in any situation. He is there in the small, irritating times and in the 'monstrous, I feel like I'm suffocating and can't go on' times. He is here by his spirit, through his son, Jesus. Yes, this is why Jesus came so many years ago to live on earth... He is peace. He is here for us. All we have to do is ask.
"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace.
βIn this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.β ~ Jesus β(John 16:33, NIV) |
Inquiring MINDS
Please inquire for the word of the LORD today. 1 Kings 22:5
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