We look at the world around us and we see wars, people arguing and fighting, and we see lots of strife. We see a certain lack of peace everywhere we look in the world. We see the lack of peace in our governments, our families, our work places, and sometimes dare I say in our churches.
There is only one way to find true everlasting peace and that is by allowing the Prince of Peace into our hearts and our lives. I am of course talking about the Lord Jesus Christ. No one will ever have peace in their hearts unless they repent of their sins and receive Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.
Jesus brings true peace into our lives when we receive Him into our hearts by faith. We recall a long time ago when there were shepherds watching their flocks by night and an angel appeared to them announcing the coming of Christ the Lord, the Savior of the world.
Luke 2:8-20,
8 That night there were shepherds staying in the fields nearby, guarding their flocks of sheep.
9 Suddenly, an angel of the Lord appeared among them, and the radiance of the Lord’s glory surrounded them. They were terrified,
10 but the angel reassured them. “Don’t be afraid!” he said. “I bring you good news that will bring great joy to all people.
11 The Savior—yes, the Messiah, the Lord—has been born today in Bethlehem, the city of David!
12 And you will recognize him by this sign: You will find a baby wrapped snugly in strips of cloth, lying in a manger.”
13 Suddenly, the angel was joined by a vast host of others—the armies of heaven—praising God and saying,
14 “Glory to God in highest heaven, and peace on earth to those with whom God is pleased.”
15 When the angels had returned to heaven, the shepherds said to each other, “Let’s go to Bethlehem! Let’s see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.”
16 They hurried to the village and found Mary and Joseph. And there was the baby, lying in the manger.
17 After seeing him, the shepherds told everyone what had happened and what the angel had said to them about this child.
18 All who heard the shepherds’ story were astonished,
19 but Mary kept all these things in her heart and thought about them often.
20 The shepherds went back to their flocks, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen. It was just as the angel had told them.
The angel appeared to the shepherds and said, "Don't be afraid! I bring you good news that will bring great joy to all people." The good news was that Jesus Christ, the Savior, was born into this world.
The angel was joined by many more angels who shouted praises to God saying, "Glory to God in the highest heaven, and peace on earth to those with whom God is pleased."
God made a way for each one of us to find true everlasting peace by sending His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, into this world to live a perfect sinless life and die on a cruel rugged Cross for our sins. Jesus rose from the dead on the third day and He is at the right hand of the Father in Heaven interceding for us in prayer.
Everyone of us that have repented of our sins and received Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior have been reconciled back into a right relationship with God the Father. We were enemies of God because of our sin and we lacked peace in our hearts, but now because of Jesus Christ we have peace through our faith in His grace in which we stand.
Do have peace in your hearts? We can find true peace only in a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
Lord,
Thank You for the peace You offer us through Jesus Christ.
We praise Your Holy Name.
Help us to prepare our hearts to worship You as we should.
In Jesus Name we pray,
Amen.
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