Merry Christmas! As we conclude our Advent series this week with Peace from Micah 5:1-6, we are reminded that peace is personal. We often think peace is just the absence of conflict, but peace is way more personal. Peace comes from a person. For example, maybe you are not at peace until all your family is at home for Christmas? It bears repeating peace is personal. This means that peace is not a treaty or truce. It is not just avoiding conflict. It comes down people using their power not to conflict but comfort, not to make war but warm people with love. That person in authority therefore protects the peace. There is an authority behind the peace. And this is what we find in Micah 5:2 in the Ruler from Bethlehem. Jesus, the Prince of Peace, has come and He is the source of peace. People need to find His peace this Christmas after such a difficult year.