Peace By All Means

Peace By All Means 

2Thessalonians 3:16 Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all.

We've been studying the book of Galatians at The Bible Class, TBC every Wednesday night for a while now, you can always join us on Facebook live, last week we studied the fruit of the Spirit in chapter 5 verse 22, part of which was peace.

The elements in the universe are in constant random motion, so science told us, they aren't resting even in their most solid state and that's what creates the stability we enjoy. The more organised things are, the less stable they become. It is ever difficult to maintain order and orderliness without an external force.

That means the state of rest is unstable and if the state of rest isn't constant, then there will be collisions caused by the chaotic random movements of matter and that will be the norm. The cause of the troubles of the world. 

But we also don't need that state of random motion, if we are to make progress. Human development comes by the reorganisation of matter away from the random state it naturally exists in. Meaning, the development of the world is unstable, no wonder there is decay, destruction, deductions and devouring. Everything tends to go back to its natural state away from the unstable developed state humans tend to put it for their convenience and comfort.

This agree perfectly with what Jesus Christ said.

Matthew 6

19 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; 

20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 

21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

He showed us that as we lay things up here on earth, they assume more unstable state and so would tend towards finding their stable levels through decadence, destruction, deductions and devouring on their ways back to their original states.

John 16

33 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.” 

Here we know that the world is a perpetually troubled system and except a higher force is deployed to overcome and force it down it will serve its troubles in shipments to its inhabitants. The only stable state of the world is the state of unrest and trouble. 

This tells us that peace is a force that overcomes trouble. To be able to sustain and maintain the development we need, to be able to enjoy rest and health, we need the force of peace. To enjoy inner calmness by which we can access innovation and enlightenment, we need the overwhelming force of peace to calm the troubled soul. 

Meanwhile, peace can't be found in the world system, which constantly is being built up against the forces of stability, the peace the world gives comes from the balance of threats and from fake and unfaithful assurances. True peace comes from Christ and His love. In Him lay the forces of peace. 

The peace Christ gives is such that hardly makes sense. We are not to have any anxiety about anything, a thing we can only achieve through the workings of the Holy Spirit within our spirits. But by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, we should make our requests known unto God and then we would have the peace of God that passes all understanding guard our hearts and minds. 

Phil 4: 6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 

7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

The primary answer to prayer is peace, that true peace which is from Jesus Christ. The peace the world gives doesn't last because it must serve the selfish interests of those promising it.

I was told about a management phenomenon with the acronym VUCA last night. And it's so interesting to me. It spells out as Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous. They jointly describe the world's state of affairs, practically confirming what Jesus said.

Jesus Christ laid back sleeping on a pillow in the keel of a ship, while the ship was going through a terrible storm. That's peace that makes no sense!

Rising up, He went out to command that same peace upon the forces of the sea and transfered the calmness within Him to the raging sea and there was a marvelous calm...we can enjoy that same tranquility within us through Him. 

If we must be sane and live life to the fullest, we need peace. It is part of the fruit of the Spirit and an extension of the love of God shed abroad in our hearts at the new birth.

There's rest with Jesus Christ to those who are in any trouble. If God gives quietness, no one can make trouble. In the trouble that's in this world, the peace of Christ is what we need. He has overcome the world and we can rest in His victory irrespective of the tumult in the world.

Peace and fear don't go and in hand, where there's peace, there's no fear and there's no anxiety...

Would you consider Jesus Christ for your peace? He is the prince of peace and He will give you peace by all means to keep your heart and mind.

Job 34: 29 When He gives quietness, who then can make trouble?

And when He hides His face, who then can see Him,

Whether it is against a nation or a man alone?—

In all the uncertainties and troubles that are in the world... There's still peace in Christ Jesus... He has the forces that can arrest any trouble of any sort and shield any tribulation we may be in from touching us within.

He can give peace in the present troubles in the world... We can trust Him...to keep nothing from being broken or from missing out from their places.

Let Him speak to that storm... Peace! Be still! And there shall be a great calm!

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