When we think of peace as the world sees it, then we think of the absence of conflict. But what about the times when we are in the middle of conflict. Maybe the climate in our home is one that is lacking peace. Maybe we have lost trust in our spouse, or perhaps the kids are straying down a path that has us concerned, or possibly one of us has lost their job and things are tense in the home and you’re not sure how you will survive this season.
Where is the peace then?
Maybe if you take a moment and stick your toes in the sand and watch the waves roll in, you will find some peace. Or perhaps you can go take a walk in the woods and look out over the mountaintops, then you will feel peace. What if you had the chance to take a long hot bubble bath and relax for a couple of hours?
Would you have peace then?
Chances are you would, for a moment, but the chaos would return, the stress would still linger, and the confrontation would still be there. The peace you need and the peace you are looking for is the peace, or the shalom, that comes from God.
Galatians 5:6 tells us, “As far as our relationship with Christ Yeshua is concerned, what matters is a faith that expresses itself through love.” And then in vs 22-23, “But the spiritual nature produces love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.”
Shalom is a gift. It is not something that we obtain. That gift is given to us through relationship with God.
I have faced trials in my life, ones that I didn’t think I could find a way out of, and some I wasn’t walking with God that closely and in those I felt no peace. Only turmoil, stress, and total frustration.
However, as I have gotten older and worked on my relationship with God, when I have faced a mountain I have had that peace. That shalom that only comes from walking in step with Him. That shalom is indescribable. It’s just there. Holding you like a warm blanket. It’s whispering in your ear that no matter what you face, God’s peace will sustain you.
I pray you have that peace today. I pray that you are walking with God and experience that peace that only comes from Yahweh Shalom.
Have a great day with Jesus!
