The word Jesus gives us in the hours before He is to suffer for our sin is that peace is a part of the gift that He gives to us. The peace we seek—which surpasses understanding and quells our confusion—is vastly different than the peace the world has to offer.
The divine nature of Christ’s peace makes it superior. The world defines peace as, “the absence of conflict.” But there is seldom a time in our lives when we’re not dealing with conflict of some sort. Today, we are mired in conflicts over war, crime, drugs, race, poverty, immigration, our environment, violence, healthcare, sex, politics, etc.
But in stark contrast to the insufficiency of human peace is the peace of our Savior. The joy of having Jesus at the center of our lives is in being able to rest in Him when circumstances are unfavorable.
Jesus’ peace prevails because it’s been tested and refined by suffering—not our suffering, but Christ’s suffering for us. His peace comes to us because He endured the cross for us.
Without the cross, we wouldn’t know what the peace of God can do; we wouldn’t know that we need not fear what people or world systems may do to us; we wouldn’t know that we can keep our heads up when others are trying to pull us down; we wouldn’t know we don’t have to fight our own battles, for we have a Champion who will stand for us when we can’t stand for ourselves.
Real peace has been tested and validated by Jesus Christ; it gives us confidence that we can overcome any trouble if we depend on Him.
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