Five months ago, I began reflecting on the God of Peace, and shared my heart in a Bible Journal entry. It was the end of March and the world seemed to be looking for peace. The unknowns of the pandemic brought so much fear and anxiety into the world. The timing of that assignment was a blessing for me to pause and focus on the God of Peace.
Four months later and I have the focus of Jesus as our Prince of Peace. Pretty fitting, considering that we are in such a place of unrest and on so many levels, beyond the pandemic. But we have the perfect Son, in the form of a Prince, from the lineage of the King of All Kings, that can provide us perfect peace. Even in the storms.
What corners of your world need more peace? Do you need to be free from the worries and stress of this world? Or do you have relationships that need peace? Jesus, alone, can restore all relationships:
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- Our relationship with God.
- Our relationship with man.
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Jesus reconciles us to God, makes us righteous so we can dwell with the father for eternity. His saving grace provides this path to wholeness and peace with the father.
Jesus heals the wounds and pain of sin. This healing is what allows reconciliation with man. Without the healing, we can forgive, but it requires Jesus’ healing power for true restoration and reconciliation. Our Prince of Peace, Jesus, can do that!
Many of you know my marriage went through some dark storms. For a long period of time I did not see healing, reconciliation or restoration as part of our story.
The Lord used that time to do a major work in my heart and in my husband’s heart. We had a lot of people praying for healing, restoration, and reconciliation, even when I couldn’t pray that prayer myself. There were many days that I was too exhausted, wounded, and angry to do any more work on the marriage. Thank you, Jesus, for interceding on our behalf!
Just as Jesus heals our physical bodies, he heals us spiritually and emotionally. Have you experienced this? For me, he brought so much healing to my heart, that I couldn’t accomplish on my own. And believe me, I tried to white knuckle my way through, on my own. I realized that my fake version of “getting by” wasn’t true healing, and wasn’t bringing any peace. And while healing and peace looks different for each person, for me it eventually led to healing in my marriage. The path to peace was different than I imagined, but that’s one of the things I love about the Lord: His ways are greater than mine.
I also learned in this season that peace isn’t the absence of conflict or living in some blissful state of harmony. Ultimately, it’s having confidence that I am His, and He is mine. God with us – and living in us! At the end of the day, month, year, and lifetime, I am HIS and made whole through Jesus. He’s got me and will lead me home for eternity, and THAT is complete peace.
If you’re in the middle of a life storm, you can trust Jesus to bring you peace. Whether you need comfort to walk you through, grace and forgiveness of sin, or healing in relationships. You can trust Him to lead you to peace!
What are your personal testimonies of peace, that can only be attributed to Jesus, as our Prince of Peace?
