Our Sweet Peace!
"Therefore, since we have been justified
through faith, we have peace with God
through our Lord Jesus Christ."
Romans 5: 1
A family went to a church that sang an old hymn,
and at lunch the little girl ordered peas. She never
liked peas, so her dad asked her why she ordered
them. “It was the song at church,” she replied, “the
one about sweet peas, the gift of God’s love.”
The little girl was thinking of “Sweet Peace, the Gift
of God’s Love.” The song says, “Through Christ on
the cross peace was made.” That’s so true. We’re
born at war with God and are self-centered.
Through Christ we can establish terms of peace.
Jesus was the original peacemaker, going to the
Cross for us. Can you say with assurance that
you are at peace with God?
One of the ways we can be peacemakers is
introducing others to the One whose death
gives us peace with
God—and the peace
of God.
Can you think of someone who needs that
experience? Pray for that person just now,
for justification through faith in Lord Jesus.
"There comes to my heart one sweet
strain,
a glad and a joyous refrain; I sing it again
and again, sweet peace, the gift of God’s
love."
Peter Bilhorn
