Can We Truly Find Perfect Peace?
A friend shared with me that for years he searched for peace and contentment. He and his wife built a successful business, so he was able to buy a big house, fancy clothes, and expensive jewelry. However these possessions did not satisfy his inner longings for peace, nor did his friendships with influential people.
Then one day, when he was feeling low and desperate, a friend told him about the good news of Jesus. There he found the Prince of Peace, and his understanding of true peace and contentment was forever changed.
Jesus spoke words of such peace to His friends after their last supper together (John 14), when He prepared them for the events that would soon follow; His death, resurrection, and the coming of the Holy Spirit. Describing a peach unlike anything the world can give, He wanted them to learn how to find a sense of well-being even in the midst of hardship.
Later, when the resurrected Jesus appeared to the frightened disciples after His death, He greeted them, saying, "Peace be with you!" (John 20:19). Now He could give them, and us, a new understanding of resting in what He has done for us. As we do, we can find the awareness of a confidence far deeper than our ever-changing feelings. Jesus came to usher peace into our lives and our world.
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