Riff's Christian Journal

You Can Have Peace In A Busy World

Would that not be nice? I mean, with all that is going on in the world and in your personal life, to have such peace so that you could be content in any situation would be such a wonderful state in which to be.

Most people never have such peace, in fact, most people are just the opposite. They worry so much that it affects their health, their work and their family. They never learn the secret of having peace.

I’ll give you a hint:

I will both lie down in peace, and sleep; For You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety. Psalm 4:8

Yes, true peace can only be found in God.

The LORD will give strength to His people; The LORD will bless His people with peace. Psalm 29:11

You want peace, then you must first make peace with God, and the only way that can happen is by way of Jesus. Wait, don’t turn away. This is your moment in time to learn what it means, not only to have peace, everlasting peace, but also to learn how to be forgiven for all the wrong you have done.
 
Here are some things about which you should think:

I form the light and create darkness, I make peace and create calamity; I, the LORD, do all these things. Isaiah 45:7 

Yes, God makes peace, but he also withholds it:

“ There is no peace,” says the LORD, “for the wicked.” Isaiah 48:22

They who do wrong and rebel against God will have constant worry and never be able to have true peace in their life:

 ²⁰ But the wicked are like the troubled sea,
      When it cannot rest,
      Whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
       ²¹ “ There is no peace,”
      Says my God, “for the wicked.” Isaiah 57:20, 21

If you choose to stay apart from God you will have chosen to remain in those fits of worry, frustration and anguish. Why do so when there is a way out of this?

Jesus, while here on the earth, said the following:

Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. John 14:27

When you come to Jesus, to renounce your sinfulness and to bow your soul, your self-will, to Jesus as Lord not only will you receive forgiveness of sins, but you will also make peace with God.

Having received forgiveness for your sins, having submitted to Jesus as Lord and believing that He has been raised from the dead, you will stand “justified” before God, and with that justification you will have made the afore-mentioned peace with God:

Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Romans 5:1 

You want peace in your life? You can have it. Then, as Paul the Apostle said:

You can have peace, but it can only be found in Jesus. When you come to Jesus, and make peace through Him with God, you will have such peace as you have never known.

Won’t you do that now? Just come to Jesus and confess your sinfulness to Him. Cry out to Jesus for forgiveness and bow before Him, submit to His Lordship, and you will find out what it is like to have rest for your soul. You can then lean how to have true peace in a busy world.