Where is Peace?
We have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Romans 5:1
Do you still hope for peace? About 600 years before Christ, most prophets were predicting peace. God’s prophet was not one of them. Jeremiah reminded the people that God had said, “Obey me, and I will be your God and you will be my people” (Jeremiah 7:23). Yet they repeatedly ignored the Lord and His commands. Their false prophets said, “Peace, peace” (8:11), but Jeremiah predicted disaster, and Jerusalem fell in 586 bc.
Peace is rare. But amid Jeremiah’s book of dire prophecies, we discover a God who loves relentlessly. “I have loved you with an everlasting love,” the Lord told His rebellious people, “I will build you up again” (31:3–4).
God is a God of love and peace. Conflict comes because of our rebellion against Him. Sin destroys the world’s peace and robs each of us of inner peace. Jesus came to this planet to reconcile us to God and give us that inner peace. “Since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,” wrote the apostle Paul (Romans 5:1). His words are among the most hope-filled ever written.
Whoever you are, Christ invites you into His peace.
Bible Reading
Jeremiah 8:8-15.
Prayer
Gracious Lord, and loving Father, thank You for the peace that the Lord Jesus gives. Fill my heart each day with Your peace, I pray. In Jesus name. Amen.
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