This, the second week of Advent, we meditate on Jesus as the Prince of Peace.
I often think about what is the one, most important thing that I have learned most over the past several months. What do I wish I could share with everyone I meet and have them truly understand it and experience it the way I have? What does my heart ache for others to know about Jesus? It has to be that He is the Prince of Peace.
“Rejoice in the Lord always, I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord in near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:4-7
I remember being confused in times past by “the peace of God which transcends all understanding” because I did not feel that peace. I was constantly anxious about my future, my wants, my hopes, my dreams. I continually prayed that God would give me this kind of peace.
And then he did. But not until after I surrendered to Him.
It was through the surrendering that led me to be capable of experiencing His peace, and it was the circumstances He allowed that led me to experience it. It certainly is the peace that has no understanding, no basis, no logic, no formula because it is supernatural. It is from God himself living within me and me surrendering to that Life.
His peace is amazing. It allows you to wake up each morning not knowing what the sunset will bring and have hope that no matter what you will be perfectly fine in Him.
I wish I could say that every one of my days is like some of those that I have experienced over the past several months, but they have not been. Each day is a new challenge to surrender. And then, only then, does the peace come.
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