Peace is a PersonSample

Peace Comes from Standing in the Right Place

At a very overwhelming time in my life I held onto a scripture that brought me great comfort:  “The fruit of that righteousness will be peace; its effect will be quietness and confidence forever.” Isaiah‬ ‭32:17‬ ‭NIV‬‬

As a young mom overwhelmed by life, I longed for peace and quietness. Where was that place? As I searched and wrestled for quietness and confidence in my spirit, I began to focus more on the first part of the scripture. “The fruit of that righteousness will be peace…” 

Righteousness is a churchy, religious word that simply means right-ness—standing in the “right” place with God. 

How do we know we are standing in that right place? Simply, it’s when we have peace—Peace. Confident Peace that transcends every circumstance, every conflict, every difficult and dark place. The right place is abiding with Jesus, aligning with His standards of truth—His right-ness. When chaos reigns and our peace is missing, we can be assured that we have stepped away from Him or that we’re believing things that are not from Him

Our God is solid, unchanging, faithful, and secure. He remains and never moves. Like the security bar on a roller-coaster, when we hold to Him we will be unmoved, no matter the heights and depths life takes us. Our emotions won’t be tossed into extremes, our words will carry truth with love, and our thoughts will quickly be brought back into alignment with His truth. His ways will become ours. 

Paul tells us in Colossians 3:15  to “Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts…” It’s a directive to constantly choose Peace as the umpire to direct our mind, will, and emotions to remain in the right place—righteousness with God.

Peace can be the operating value of your life, the center that keeps you from living in fear, worry, and extreme emotions. Peace is wholeness and protection from the enemy. It’s our confident ability to set things right and make a stand for truth. When we remain in the unlimited, extravagant love and grace of Jesus, we are in the right place and “it’s effect will be quietness and confidence forever”. 

Jesus humbly entered the world as the Prince of Peace and His parting gift to us is His eternal surrounding presence.

Peace is not just a pristine scene, a place without noise and difficulties, or only a feeling. Peace is the practice of realigning our thoughts and ways with His.  

Peace is a Person. 

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