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What does it mean to make peace?
Jesus is described as our Prince of Peace.
So surely this is the best place to start.
Loving people, truly loving people and desiring to see them blessed, whole, and happy is a true sign of Christian maturity and one that takes a lifetime to begin to master, and only under close scrutiny and tutelage by the Master!
Why?
Because we are also people, given to bouts of greed, selfishness, self-centeredness, jealousy, and the like.
Let’s be honest, yielding to others, being happy for others, being okay when others succeed, and advance is not something that comes easy to our flesh and this is going to take more than a modicum of humility.
We are all prone instead to walk in pride.
But God hates pride and so should we.
The best way to quench the war within ourselves is to daily surrender to the Prince of Peace and thereby we will ready ourselves to freely give Him away!
In other words, by adhering to the previous lessons, being willing to revisit them as many times as necessary and more besides, this is what it will take to prepare us to be a peacemaker.
We cannot give what we don’t first have and the only way to give peace is to first win the war within ourselves through the Word of God and the power of the Holy Spirit.
“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:6,7)
Once we begin to see just how good God is, how much He truly loves us, and how much He values us, we then will begin to be able to truly love others and value them!
The enemy wants nothing more than to steal, to kill, and to destroy. Jesus desires to bring life and it more abundantly, and so should we.
Once we have won the war for peace within our own hearts, we will then be ready to share that peace with others and this is probably the single greatest thing that we can do, sharing the peace of God with others by presenting to them the gospel, the Good News of Jesus Christ, the very thing that we heard and obeyed and became a believer!
Notice the time it has taken for us to get to this point? That’s ok.
Why?
Because it more important that we tell others about Jesus with our lives than our words.
If we tell others about Jesus with our words only but lack the integrity or character to back what we are saying, we are not doing them or ourselves any favors. They might just see it all as a farce, and we may just be tempted to walk away from it all. Therefore, it is imperative that we grow daily in our relationship with Him first and foremost, living out what we are learning.
Then we will be equipped to become peacemakers, introducing others to Jesus and thereby making the ultimate peace, placing the hand of another into the hand of our Lord!
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By Joshua Scott ZeitzWhat does it mean to make peace?
Jesus is described as our Prince of Peace.
So surely this is the best place to start.
Loving people, truly loving people and desiring to see them blessed, whole, and happy is a true sign of Christian maturity and one that takes a lifetime to begin to master, and only under close scrutiny and tutelage by the Master!
Why?
Because we are also people, given to bouts of greed, selfishness, self-centeredness, jealousy, and the like.
Let’s be honest, yielding to others, being happy for others, being okay when others succeed, and advance is not something that comes easy to our flesh and this is going to take more than a modicum of humility.
We are all prone instead to walk in pride.
But God hates pride and so should we.
The best way to quench the war within ourselves is to daily surrender to the Prince of Peace and thereby we will ready ourselves to freely give Him away!
In other words, by adhering to the previous lessons, being willing to revisit them as many times as necessary and more besides, this is what it will take to prepare us to be a peacemaker.
We cannot give what we don’t first have and the only way to give peace is to first win the war within ourselves through the Word of God and the power of the Holy Spirit.
“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:6,7)
Once we begin to see just how good God is, how much He truly loves us, and how much He values us, we then will begin to be able to truly love others and value them!
The enemy wants nothing more than to steal, to kill, and to destroy. Jesus desires to bring life and it more abundantly, and so should we.
Once we have won the war for peace within our own hearts, we will then be ready to share that peace with others and this is probably the single greatest thing that we can do, sharing the peace of God with others by presenting to them the gospel, the Good News of Jesus Christ, the very thing that we heard and obeyed and became a believer!
Notice the time it has taken for us to get to this point? That’s ok.
Why?
Because it more important that we tell others about Jesus with our lives than our words.
If we tell others about Jesus with our words only but lack the integrity or character to back what we are saying, we are not doing them or ourselves any favors. They might just see it all as a farce, and we may just be tempted to walk away from it all. Therefore, it is imperative that we grow daily in our relationship with Him first and foremost, living out what we are learning.
Then we will be equipped to become peacemakers, introducing others to Jesus and thereby making the ultimate peace, placing the hand of another into the hand of our Lord!