Peace Please!

For He Himself is our peace, Who has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, by abolishing in His flesh the law with its commandments and regulations. Ephesians 2: 14, 15 (NIV)

Do you need peace today? Have you longed for it and searched for it, and no peace seems to be "in the cards" for you? Are there barriers in the way between you and your longed for peace? Do you feel as though you're standing on one side of a lake looking at "peace" way on the other shore, with no means to get to it?

Are you seeking peace in a relationship, peace regarding a decision, or to live with a sense of peace in your heart? ".He Himself is our Peace." (Verse 14) How often we seek peace apart from Him Who is our Peace. The law and its commandments and regulations could show us where we had gone wrong. Maybe you can see where you went wrong in a relationship or a choice and yet can't see a way now. Maybe you are just weighed down more by being able to see and yet you don't know how to make it right. You can't make it right, dear one. But He can - in His way and in His time (which is always right). He took on Himself all our sins and offers in their place full and complete forgiveness, life, restoration, healing and Peace. He can do what following regulations can't do. He can now place in our hearts all that we need to be able to follow Him in love. Through His love barriers are destroyed, dividing walls are broken down and a way is provided where there was no way. Not always all at once, but more often slowly and patiently, He works with us and guides us.

The more we come to realize that time in His Presence makes all the difference; and the more we allow Him to speak to us through His Word, the more we realize that our lives are becoming more and more peaceful. Not because our circumstances may be peaceful, but because we are abiding in One Who is above all our circumstances.

Father, we ask You today for Your peace that passes all understanding. I pray for each one who reads these words that they may feel Your hand of Peace and Love on their lives in extraordinary ways. Help us each to carve out that time with You, that time that makes all the difference in our days. Thank you.

Wanda Nester