peace to live by

Exploring Our Peace, Part 2 (TMF:2497)

Tuesday, December 03, 2024
Peace to Live By: Exploring Our Peace, Part 2 (TMF:2497) - Daniel Litton
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       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. But, the beautiful thing it seems that Paul wants us to understand is that while we need grace daily (which is a thing which cannot be seen), so it is that we need peace daily (also a thing that cannot be seen when it is the indwelling state of the mind that we are talking about). Paul certainly did not have ‘peaceful’ external circumstances when he was writing this letter, yet he told everyone to receive God’s peace. So, peace, then, can always be had regardless of one’s external circumstances.