So That You May Have Peace
March 13, 2015
Ryan Showalter, Associate Pastor I Family Ministry
In the hustle and bustle of
everyday life, do you experience peace? If you are not experiencing peace, have
you asked the “why?” question lately? I often find when I’m not experiencing
peace that I am looking for it in all the wrong places. Streamlined calendar.
Well-behaved children. Manageable circumstances. Conflict-free marriage. These
are all good things of course, but they are not things God created to be our
peace. Instead, we learn in John 16:33 that we are created to find peace in
Jesus. We have not overcome the world, our spouses have not overcome the world,
our children have not overcome the world; no, it is Jesus alone that has
overcome the troubles of the world and can therefore offer us true peace.
So I’ll ask again—where are you
looking for peace? When life is troublesome, and life in a broken world often
is, look to Jesus! He has overcome the brokenness of the world so that you and
I can experience the peace of God. What beautiful news for our troubled and
weary hearts! Rather than laboring in vain to manufacture our own peace, we can
rest in the finished work of Christ and experience a peace that is not
dependent on our wisdom, our work, or our circumstances. This peace, this free,
overcoming the troubles of the world peace, is yours in Christ. So take heart
Christian, for though the world is troublesome, Jesus has overcome the world,
and his peace is your peace!
ADDITIONAL SCRIPTURE: Colossians 3:15; Psalm 46:1
TWEET THIS: God’s peace is for you! Find it, free of charge, in
Jesus! #UpperRoom
