Before Anything Else!
"Therefore, having been justified by faith,
we have peace with God through our
Lord Jesus Christ."
Romans 5: 1
Road to
personal peace is a multi-lane trek
in our world. There is a lane for peace with
prosperity, peace through prestige, peace
with possessions, peace through personal
achievements, and many more.
These lanes omit the one lane necessary
before all others: peace with God. Once
we have peace with God, it won’t matter
what happens in our life. In God, we have
a clear conscience and true contentment
knowing that we're secure and
protected
in Him.
How do we find peace with God? In his
letter to
the Romans, after Paul explained how Abraham
gained relationship with God (by believing God,
Genesis 15), we find peace with God the same
way: by being “justified by faith...through our
Lord Jesus Christ” (Romans
5:1).
Abraham was declared righteous by God,
not by his deeds or works, but by simply
believing in Him. And we are declared
righteous the same way.
Before you look for peace anywhere else,
first have peace with God through faith in
Christ.
"God cannot give us a happiness and
peace apart from Himself, because
it is not there. There is no such thing."
C. S. Lewis