peace to live by

Exploring Our Peace, Part 1 (TMF:2496)

Monday, December 02, 2024
Peace to Live By: Exploring Our Peace, Part 1 (TMF:2496) - Daniel Litton
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       Peace, then, peace is twofold. On the one hand, peace is internal. It is a decision that everyone has to make within their minds. Really, in reality, anyone at anytime can be “at peace” as it is said. It is a decision one makes inside the mind, and this comes best from the use of surrender, from not resisting what the mind is presenting but rather surrendering to it and letting it pass. Peter would refer to this as, “casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you” (see 1 Peter 5:7, ESV). This leads us to external circumstances, which, experientially, are not always peaceful. This is why control of the mind is necessary. At times in our lives, we have ‘external’ peaceful periods. At other times, things are perceived as not so peaceful. It is during these not so peaceful times that we usually pray, and sometimes God makes things peaceful again externally and sometimes it takes awhile.