“But the Comforter, which is the
Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all
things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give
I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” (John
14:26-27)
In this
second installment of the series Christ-Like attitude I will like to embrace
the attitude of peace. As the above scripture mentions “My peace I give to you,”
this means Peace belongs to Christ, it is part of His nature he and He willing
bestowed this gift to us and assures us that we should not be troubled.
Another
scripture “Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God
through our Lord Jesus Christ”(Romans
5: 1), Assures us that we have Peace
with God because we have believed in Christ . Christ Personifies Peace, hence
we have this peace through Him.
Further,
With the Peace of Christ, there is assurance for the future.
“Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with
thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God,
which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through
Christ Jesus” (Philippians
4:6-7), Reminds us that through the Peace of God through Christ Jesus, We are not to be anxious
about anything but remember that in us is a kind of peace that makes no sense
to the world around us but yet still exists because we carry and feel it.
“Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of
God”(Matthew
5:9), A simple analogy I can
make here is clear, Christ is the Firstborn of all redeemed and he is our
Prince of Peace, and the scripture mentions that if we live in peace we are called
children of God. Then we ought to continuously pursue peace regardless of how
difficult it is to achieve, for if we persevere we will achieve our goal of
Peace.
Finally, Romans
14:17-19 “For the kingdom of God is not meat
and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. For he that
in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men. Let us therefore follow after the things
which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
When
we follow peace we edify one another, what better way to ensure that fellow believers
grow in the ways of the Lord. I do pray that though the Holy Spirit the Peace
of God will continue to be with us Always. Amen.
