Your Peace to Release
Come Holy Spirit and form my soul.
Come Holy Spirit and make me whole.
Your peace to release.
I thought there was a nice little rhyme!
In the book of Numbers where we find that great benediction that we often say in church: “The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you.” And then Numbers 6:26 says, “The Lord turn His face towards you and give you peace.” That’s a great blessing that we pray over others many times.
The Blessing of God’s Peace
In the New Testament, Paul always starts his letters by saying, “Grace and peace to you.” And look what he says in 2 Thessalonians 3:16: “May the Lord of peace Himself give you peace at all times and in every way.”
I wonder if you are at peace at the moment?
Henry and Richard Blackaby wrote a book called Experiencing God Day by Day, and they say this: “Peace is the state of mind and heart we experience when we are confident of God’s grace and mercy towards us. Peace comes in knowing that God’s grace will sustain us even in our most difficult crises. God assures us that even when we fail miserably in our commitment to Him, He will show mercy upon us, and this assurance gives us peace.”
Peace Is Found Within a Relationship with Christ
A man was wandering over the mountains one day looking for a lone place to gather his thoughts, and eventually he ended up at a monastery. He loudly knocked on the monastery gate, which was opened by a monk who saw the sad man who looked in deep distress and sorrow, and said to him, “What do you seek here?” And the man replied, “Peace.”
But the truth is, a monastery or church, or even being out in nature in a solitary place, won’t bring you peace. Peace comes not from outside, but from inside. We can have it wherever we are, whatever we’re doing. And the secret to peace is found in a relationship with Jesus.
You can have peace in the midst of a storm if you have Jesus! He is the shelter, He is the haven, He is the safe place of rest.
I pray, friends, that as you draw nearer to Him today, His grace, mercy, and peace will fill you and truly help you, whatever you’re going through.
Biddy Chambers’ great faith enables her to never question of get upset at what God was doing. What an example for us.