Finding Peace – Have you been searching for peace lately but can’t seem to find any? I struggle often and search and pray for peace. I want peace with my relationships. I want peace with my finances. I want peace in my job. I want peace in my community. I ask and pray for that peace, but I don’t always get what I want. Do you feel neglected when you think God hasn’t heard your prayers or maybe He hasn’t answered your prayers with the way you wanted Him to fix everything? I do find myself sometimes just asking for Him to fix my problems and to free me of my burdens. And there are times when He does give me exactly what I asked for but then other times He gives me something different. We will not be on this earth without trials and tribulations. I understand this but I just want peace so bad that I can’t understand why He can’t, in that one moment, take all my trials and tribulations away. It’s hard to ask for one thing and receive another, but God has a plan. Trusting in God for your peace is the ultimate gift you can give Him and yourself. God gave us the ultimate peace when Jesus was born. Ephesians 2:14 (NLT) “For Christ himself has brought peace to us. He united Jews and Gentiles into one people when, in his own body on the cross, he broke down the wall of hostility that separated us.” God will bring peace when you are in trouble, but trusting in Him is the first step. It might not always be exactly how we want it or see it finishing but God has brought us to a challenge that He will also get us through. Don’t work everyday for that finish line when you think everything will be ok and when you can then have peace. Learn to walk everyday with peace knowing that no matter your struggles for the day God will bring you through them. Proverbs 3:5-6 is one of my all time favorite scriptures that I have said to myself on many occasions to search for peace. “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understand; in all your ways submit to Him and He will make your paths straight.” Proverbs 3:5-6 (NIV)
Finding Peace
