Genesis 15:15 Now as for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried at a good old age.
To live a long life that ends in peace with God is the ultimate climax to a life well spent. Peace is a quality of life that everyone desires to have but only a few ever find. If we hope to ever find peace we must first ask ourselves where peace can be found. The Bible says that peace comes from God
You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in You, all whose thoughts are fixed on You! (Isaiah 26:3 NLT) If we are to experience peace we must focus our thoughts upon God and then be willing to trust Him when He reveals His plan for our life. The Bible says that Jesus is the Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9:6). Jesus said “these things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace” (John 16:33). “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you” (John 14:27). Jesus also said “do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword” (Matthew 10:34). To the casual observer it seems that Jesus contradicts Himself concerning His promise to bring peace. To anyone willing to trust and surrender to Jesus as Lord and follow Him they will experience within their heart a peace that only God can provide. Anyone who rejects Jesus as Lord and refuses to surrender and follow Him will not receive His peace. In fact Jesus will disturb what peace they do have because He will cause them to realize they are not at peace with God. Jesus never said He would bring peace to the whole world. He said in the world we would have tribulation but to be of good cheer because He had overcome the world. He also said to not let our hearts be troubled and to not be afraid because the peace He would give us was not as the world gives because it did not come from the world. The world cannot know this peace because it does not know Jesus. Know Jesus know peace, No Jesus no peace! True peace is from God through a right relationship with His Son Jesus Christ. When you reject Jesus as Lord you forfeit God’s offer to have His peace. When you trust Jesus and follow Him you make yourself available to receive the peace of God. This does not mean you will be at peace with all men. In fact the world will now reject you because it has rejected Jesus. The rejection of the world is the sword that Jesus brings to those who follow Him. The question we must ask is do we want peace with the world or peace with God. The world or God we must all choose because it is impossible to have peace with both. Where’s your peace?
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