We Have to Choose to Have Peace (TMF:981)

Monday, September 24, 2018
Peace to Live By: We Have to Choose to Have Peace (TMF:981) - Daniel Litton
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       So, the final Fruit of the Spirit we are looking at today: peace. Probably one of the greatest things people lack in their lives is peace, whether peace of mind or external peace in our situations around us. But really, for the Christian, this should not be the case. God wants us to have peace in our minds and in our lives, but often we have to chose to have that peace. The Prophet Isaiah has told us, "You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you" (Isaiah 26:3, ESV). And what a great verse that is; what a tremendous promise. Indeed, at the foundation of peace, whether internal peace or external peace, is our trust in God, our trust that he is working all things in our lives for the good because we love him and are called according to his purpose (see Romans 8:28, ESV). Paul did say that God is the one who gives us our peace in our lives. He wrote to the Thessalonians, “Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in every way. The Lord be with you all” (2 Thessalonians 3:16, ESV).