Tag: Philippians 4:7

Peace beyond comprehension

And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.

Colossians 3:15

Peace in our hearts is something we all desire.

But how do you get it, when there is always something, to worry about.

Simple. God’s peace surpasses our worldly concerns. It may sound crazy, but he created us and he created this world, so his peace can supersede our worries and concerns.

So how do we get his peace?

We trust him and give our worries and concerns over to him.

His peace, is like shifting the responsibility over to him. You know that feeling when you feel overwhelmed with a task, like it will never end and you have no idea how to accomplish it. Then your boss comes to you and says you were never meant to worry or deal with that task in the first place.

That’s how God’ peace feels, that immediate relief, that lift of tension and stress.

God never meant for us to bear our own burdens, he came so that he could relieve that stress and give us his peace.

Stop living as if you have to do it all on your own, because you we’re never meant to, we are meant to life live in peace, because we are menat to live life with Jesus 24/7.

Peace or Strife

God can teach us through anything if we let him.

During the Christmas season I focus on Jesus, but have some holiday classics I like to enjoy too. I love all the claymation Christmas movies and ‘The Year without a Santa Clause’ (1974) was running through my head this morning.

In the story two brothers are quarreling too much to be generous enough to help Mrs. Claus, so she turns to their mother ‘mother nature,’ and the two brothers decide to compromise and help Mrs. Clause.

Its easy to get caught up in our own stuff and the business of the season and let that influence us to spat with our family when things don’t go according to our plan.

But we can look to our heavenly father and ask him to help us to bring peace to our family instead of strife. Ask him to help you see life through his eyes and to fill you with his all surpassing peace.