Find Peace

John 16:33—“I have said this to you, so that in me you may have peace. In the world you face persecution. But take courage; I have conquered the world!”

Life guarantees no peace.  In fact, most people are challenged and tested through great adversity and problems.  That’s kind of the point of life.  The only way to find peace is through developing a personal relationship with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.  But how can a person be at peace with someone who we can’t see or touch? What does it mean to find peace through Jesus? Peace in Jesus comes when we continually seek to understand the world through His perspective instead of our own.  Jesus came to Earth as God to experience life as a human.  He intimately knows our perspective.  But no human knows His perspective in the way that He knows ours.  God sees a picture so much bigger than we could ever fathom. And through His perspective we gain peace because we know that no one problem or trial is the whole picture.  God sees the masterpiece in our struggles – He sees the end result, our growth, our beauty as we are pulled and challenged to grow and mature.  In seeking God, we gain knowledge of ourselves who are created in God’s image, and we grow in our understanding of God’s perspective.  That’s how we find a peace untouchable by any worldly persecution.

Today as you pray and meditate on His Word, praise God as the peacemaker.  Give thanks for the persecutions and adversity that force you to seek Him and grow in His perspective.  Rejoice in the opportunity to mature and develop in His peace, and ask to be comforted when your humanity needs time to catch up to your spirit.