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May 17th 2025

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The Messiah has made things up between us so that we’re now together on this, both non-Jewish outsiders and Jewish insiders. He tore down the wall we used to keep each other at a distance. He repealed the law code that had become so clogged with fine print and footnotes that it hindered more than it helped. Then He started over. Instead of continuing with two groups of people separated by centuries of animosity and suspicion, He created a new kind of human being, a fresh start for everybody. —Ephesians 2:14, 15 (MSG)

“What is peace?” It is oneness. Peace is not merely the cessation of hostility, the absence of conflict. Peace means being one. Anything else is superficial, temporary and highly unsatisfactory.
Merely agreeing to not fight is not peace; it doesn’t last. Invariably, there will be new outbreak, with all the buried animosity surging to the surface. What we call peace among nations, among political parties, among races never lasts because it isn’t really peace. It is only a weariness with warfare, an agreement to stop it for a time until we can all recuperate and rearm. Then it breaks out all over again because nothing is ever settled.
But here, Paul tells us that the true Source of peace is Jesus: “The Messiah has made things up between us so that we’re now together on this.” When Jesus is our Peace, peace is satisfying, permanent, and genuine.
Peace is a Person—Jesus. For us to live at peace with others, we must be at peace with the Person of Christ. When we have the peace of Jesus, then we can start solving the conflict around us.
“Don’t fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of God’s wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It’s wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life (Philippians 4:6, 7).” This is the promise of God to us: He is our peace. He is our wholeness. Once our attitudes are changed and our hearts are settled, once we put matters into God’s hands and we see that He is active in it, then we can understand what is happening and can apply some intelligent remedies to our challenges.
There is profound, divine psychological insight in our acceptance that Christ is our peace. He alone can accomplish it.

Prayer: Lord, we thank You for the access we have to You. As we go today, help us to trust You as our Source of peace and, thus, to enter the joy and peace of life with You. In the name of Jesus, our Christ, we pray. AMEN!

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