The Prince of Peace!

"For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace" Isaiah 9:6.

Throughout the Bible the message is what the Lord God has done and will do for His people. Among the many gifts the Lord shares with those who put their faith and trust in Him is the gift of peace. Following is a collage of the Lord's promises of peace to his people.

"The Lord will give strength… and bless His people with peace" Psalm 29:11.

"Great peace have those who love Your law and nothing causes them to stumble" Psalm 119:165.

"You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You. Trust in the Lord forever, for in Yah, the Lord, is everlasting strength" Isaiah 26:3, 4.

"Thus says the Lord, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; 'I am the Lord your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you by the way you should go. Oh, that you had heeded My commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea'" Isaiah 48:17, 18.

"And a great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that it was already filling. But He was in the stern, asleep on a pillow. And they awoke Him and said to Him, 'Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?' Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, 'Peace, be still!' And the wind ceased and there was a great calm. But He said to them, 'Why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith?' And they feared exceedingly, and said to one another, 'Who can this be, that even the wind and the sea obey Him!" Mark 4:35-41.

Our wonderful Savior who spoke peace to the storm on the Sea of Galilee has spoken the word of peace to every living soul. However fierce the tempest, those who turn to Jesus with the cry, "Lord, save us." will find deliverance. His grace, that reconciles us to the living God, quiets the strife of human passion, and in His love our heart may be at rest.

"Peace is my parting gift to you, My own peace, such as the world cannot give. Set your troubled hearts at rest, and banish your fears" John 14:27, NEB.

"These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world" John 16:33.

At evening on the day of His resurrection, Jesus came and stood in the midst of His disciples. "Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, 'Peace be with you.' When He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord" John 20:19, 21.

"For He Himself is our peace... He came and preached peace to you who were afar off and to those who were near. For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father" Ephesians 2:14, 17, 18.

Jesus makes peace among those who will come to Him. To have Him is to have His peace that surpasses all understanding. This peace is not something that is separate from Jesus. It is in Jesus, and we receive it only by receiving Him.