Tuesday, August 23, 2016

" PEACE "

Isaiah 26:3-4   " THOU wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on THEE: because he trusteth in THEE. Trust ye in the LORD forever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength: "
     Fighting, hatred, anger, unforgiveness, and other negative acts and attitudes permeate households and nations, revealing that some people do not truly desire peace. "My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace, I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war" (Psalm 120:6).  "The way of peace have they not known" (Isaiah 59:8 cf. Romans 3:17). False peace is made by lying men who say, "Peace, peace; when there is no peace" (Jeremiah 6:14;8:11). It is vital to realize that sin in the life also will rob you of peace: "Neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin" (Psalm 38:3b). "There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked" (Isaiah 48:22 cf. 57:21).
     GOD is the source and giver of true peace. Isaiah spoke of JESUS CHRIST and declared, "HIS name shall be called . . . The PRINCE of PEACE" (Isaiah 9:6). HE is the ONE WHO gives "peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near" (Isaiah 57:19; Ephesians 2:17). "The LORD will bless HIS people with peace" (Psalm 29:11b). "But the fruit of the SPIRIT is . . . peace" (Galatians 5:22). "And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance forever" (Isaiah 32:17). JESUS said, "Peace I leave with you, MY peace I give unto you" (John 14:27). "These things I have spoken unto you, that in ME ye might have peace" (John 16:33). "I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for THOU, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety" (Psalm 4:8). We obtain the genuine, lasting, perfect peace that GOD alone can give by "being justified by faith" (Romans 5:1), and we enjoy the full measure of that divine peace as we abide in HIM when we "depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it" (Psalm 34:14). PNF
Your servant in CHRIST,
Julie
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