Peace in 2020
January 6, 2020
Many of us have prayed for peace in this new year. Our nation, our families, our churches, government, and our personal lives. What will peace look like for us as Christ followers?
Our culture says peace is achieved by being true to yourself. It starts in oneself i by being true to yourself. This is a recipe for disaster. True to myself means selfishness, personal gratification, self on the throne. The result, envy, greed, grasping, conflict, and wars.
As Christ followers, the biblical definition of peace is personal wholeness, righteousness, political justice, and prosperity for all creation. This peace is incredibly different.
Will that peace be achieved? In Heaven, not before. Yet we can pray for God honoring peace and embrace that for ourselves whether its happening around us or not.