This peace with God is what our peace is based on. With this reconciliation we can find contentment in our lives, our circumstances, our relationships and within our community of believers. With this peace we are no longer warring with God and can abide with Him knowing that we have been reconciled to Him though Jesus. “One Greek lexicon defines the New Testament word for peace (eirēnē) as ‘the tranquil state of a soul assured of its salvation through Christ, and so fearing nothing from God and content with its earthly lot, of whatsoever sort that is. ![]() True peace starts with reconciling ourselves to be at peace with our God. A peace that surpasses the understanding of those outside a saving faith in Jesus. Through His sacrifice Christ has offered us a peace with our maker. The peace Christ offers us is a supernatural peace – it is a peace we have with God. This peace is “not as the world gives.” It is the peace a believer has been promised through the Prince of Peace. Furthermore, the peace offered to us is not obtainable by the world. This peace is not something the world can give to us. “Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.” He knew all this, so he left them with a message of comfort and hope. He understood the trials they would go through for His names sake. He understood that the time that transpired between His death and His resurrection would be very difficult. He understood that they would be devastated by His death. “Peace I leave with you my peace I give to you.” The Lord understood what they were to go through. In John 14:27 Jesus assures his disciples in the upper room, on the night before His crucifixion, that He will leave them with a sense of peace. It is His assurance to us that He knows our trials and He has made provisions in our lives to help us through them. It is a peace that surpasses all understanding and will guard our hearts and our minds. It is a promise to comfort us through the trials and tribulations that we face daily in a fallen creation. It is comforting, however, with all that is going on in the world, a sense of peace has been offered to us through the saving blood of our Lord. To see the turmoil all around us can be most disturbing. ![]() It can be most depressing for us to read the news nowadays. Turmoil, both public and personal, is a reality that marks this fallen world. But take heart I have overcome the world.” “I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.” ![]() “Peace I leave with you my peace I give to you.
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