1. Trust:
"You wiil
keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed [on you: because he trusts in
you.
Trust in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD
JEHOVAH is everlasting strength" Isaiah 26:3-4
2. Pray:
"Be careful
(anxious) for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with
thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God,
which surpasses all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through
Christ Jesus." Philipians 4:6-7
3. Obey:
"Great peace
have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them." Psalms
119:186
THE CAUSE OF NO
PEACE
"But the
wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up
mire and dirt.There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked." Isaiah
57:20-21
Who are the
wicked? "...the wicked that forsake your (God's) law" Psalms 119:53.
Disobedience is one of the greatest hindrances to peace.
THE SOLUTION
How can those who
lack peace obtain it.
"Therefore
being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus
Christ" Romans 5:1
True and lasting
peace is obtained through Jesus Christ. The peace that is recieved through
Christ is obtained when one is justified, or made right, by and with God. This
we may have when we exercise faith, an intentional trust, in God. This is how
we are enabled to live in obedience to God's law, and so maintain the
peace.
JESUS HAS MADE A
WAY FOR US
"And, having
made peace through the blood of his cross..." Colossians 1:20
When Jesus
endured the cross, he paid the penalty for mans sins, He provided access to the
perfect peace that is experienced in a life in harmony with God's will (as
revealed in His law.) The cross is the surest pledge of peace: When one considers
how undeserving they are of God's attention, how incapable they are to obey,
how far short they fall from meeting God's claims on their life, we may look to
the cross: It is heavens argument as to why God can accept and transform the
one who puts their trust in Him.
