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God's peace is a permanent peace offered only by the only One who can be
trusted to keep His Word. This peace comes from knowing that the Savior
knows who we are and knows that we have faith in him, love him, and keep his
commandments, even and especially amid life's devastating trials. This peace
only exists among the covenanted community. The true peace of God’s people
is not like the world’s peace. Our peace is the peace that only Jesus can offer,
can give. This true peace will not change regardless of the circumstances. This
true peace is foundationed in our love for the one true God. In this peace there
is no smearing of character, no compromise of truth, no symptom of sin, no
conflict of matters. This true peace forges a deep reconciliation with God in
Christ. It crushes all iniquity, it heals all wounds. This true peace yokes up with
the grace and the mercy of God. This true peace is the exercising and
experiencing the faith of Jesus. This true peace is a spiritual peace. It is timely
for all eternity. This true peace is a Godly peace that has nothing to do with
human beings or human circumstances. In fact, it cannot be produced on a
human level at all. It is not a fragile peace. This true peace cannot fail. It
removes all doubt. It has no fear. It faces any difficulty. It is not a shame. It
presents no regrets, brings no sorrow, and will never mistreat another. This true
peace is an attitude of the heart and mind when we believe and therefore know
deep down that all is well between ourselves and God. Along with it is the
assurance that He is lovingly in control of everything. This true peace is the
peace of God and is our possession and privilege by divine right. It underscores
God’s personal involvement in every aspect of our relationships. This true
peace comes personally from Him. It is unique to believers, it is the very
essence of God’s nature. In this peace God’s people enjoy perfect harmony. In
this true peace we have no threats to our confidence, no dimming to our
thoughts, no retreat from truth. This true peace keeps our Lord always near, it
is of a divine kind. A peace seared in our minds, our hearts. This true peace is
our abiding in God’s word. It makes absolute our spiritual enlightenment with
the reasoning of God. This true peace grows our urgency for obedience and
our endurance for overcoming. So intense is this true peace that it has the
power whereby God’s people recognize their inseparableness is gifted with
Jesus’ own spirit. It is in this true peace that we know in our own lives the power
of the One who enables in us the fullness of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit to
unite us in the purposes of God. It is this true peace that remains before us in
hope that we are the chosen children of God tasked to hear God’s word
because although we are redeemed, we continue to need redemption. This true
peace is the assurance of our triumph in the cross of our Lord where we are
already but not yet perfected in Christ.
Psalms 119:165
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