God’s Spirit Of Peace

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When you are truly at peace, how are you thinking? What are you thinking about? When you think about being at peace, what do you dream or imagine that would be like?

When we are at peace, we are usually not thinking of stressful, or hurtful things. We are usually not focused on our insatiable, fleshly, or selfish appetites when we are at peace.

Being at peace is a spiritual experience that transcends the body, and paradoxically puts the physical self at ease and at peace.

The Apostle Paul wrote of God’s peace in his letter to the Romans, saying, “For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.” (Romans 8:6).

Focusing on God and thinking about the truths of God brings about God’s peace. To be thinking spiritually—to be spiritually minded—gives us God’s life and peace.

Paul also asserted that God is a God of peace when he wrote to the Corinthian church, saying, “For God is not the author of confusion but of peace.” (1 Corinthians 14:33).

God gives us his peace and clarity when we follow him, look to him, and listen to his word. God is a God of peace, and in him there is no confusion—there is only crisp understanding of God and his word as we trust in him.

May we experience God’s life and peace as we trust in him for the clarity, resolve, and peace we so desperately need and long for.

In Christ alone, Robbie

“Grant to your faithful people, merciful Lord, pardon and peace; that we may be cleansed from all our sins, and serve you with a quiet mind; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.” (Book of Common Prayer, 2019).

A Collect For Peace: “O God, the source of all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works: Give to your servants that peace which the world cannot give, that our hearts may be set to obey your commandments, and that we, being defended from the fear of our enemies, may pass our time in rest and quietness; through the merits of Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen.” (Book of Common Prayer, 2019).

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