The Peace of Jesus
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Are you at peace? When are you most at peace? Where does your peace come from? What is the difference between the peace the world gives and the peace God gives?
When we are troubled and afraid, the world offers limited and insufficient means to alleviate our anxieties. However, Jesus desires to give us his peace when we are troubled and afraid. Unlike the insufficiencies the world offers us, Jesus gives us his true peace.
In John’s gospel account, Jesus spoke to his disciples of his promised peace, saying, “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid.” (John 14:27, ESV).
When everything else around us fails us and leaves us lacking, we can count on the sufficient peace of Jesus to drive out all our troubles and fears.
May we rest in the peace Jesus gives us in the face of all our anxieties, troubles, and fears.
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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