“’Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests’” (Luke 2:14). Peace on earth. We’ve all sang about it, signed cards with it flashed across the front, even watched holiday television specials with a blanket-carrying shepherd reciting the meaning of Christmas to us. But is the way we so cavalierly use the phrase the way God intended it when He sent the heavenly host to the shepherds in their field. In today’s society, we believe this phrase to mean that we are to seek peace with our fellow human beings because Jesus came to live among us and died for us. Yes, we are to seek peace with each other (God desires this), but this is not His plan.
The peace God designed for us to embrace is the peace that only a resurrected Savior can give. This peace is an individual-spiritual peace, not a global-societal peace. Through the acceptance of Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, you will have certainty of your ultimate eternal residence. When everything you know is lying around at your feet in a pile of rubble, seemingly destroyed, you can rest in the fact that you belong to Jesus Christ and no earthly or spiritual beings will ever be able to destroy that relationship. The only one who can damage that loving rapport with the Son of God is….you! If you withdraw yourself away from His love and commandments, you open yourself up to whatever snares that lay in your path. Look at the “Life-Changing Prayer” on the right side of this blog, and sincerely ask Jesus Christ into your heart. You won’t regret your decision, nor will you erroneously question your walk with the Lord.
The peace God designed for us to embrace is the peace that only a resurrected Savior can give. This peace is an individual-spiritual peace, not a global-societal peace. Through the acceptance of Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, you will have certainty of your ultimate eternal residence. When everything you know is lying around at your feet in a pile of rubble, seemingly destroyed, you can rest in the fact that you belong to Jesus Christ and no earthly or spiritual beings will ever be able to destroy that relationship. The only one who can damage that loving rapport with the Son of God is….you! If you withdraw yourself away from His love and commandments, you open yourself up to whatever snares that lay in your path. Look at the “Life-Changing Prayer” on the right side of this blog, and sincerely ask Jesus Christ into your heart. You won’t regret your decision, nor will you erroneously question your walk with the Lord.
