A Season of Hope ~ Preparing Our Hearts for Easter
Romans 5:1
“Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Peace on earth has evaded us for thousands of years and still does. The daily news testifies to the threats and work of terrorists, unspeakable violence, strife, wars, epidemics, slavery, imprisonment, homelessness, hunger, and despair around the world. Did the angels proclaim at Jesus’ birth that we would experience earthly peace? No, the announcement of His birth was a proclamation of the arrival of the Prince of Peace who would bring a different kind of peace.
Our heavenly Father sent His Son to be the one who would offer to humanity a two-fold peace: the peace of God—a peace that passes all understanding that only He can give; and peace with God—the result in our hearts when we come into a right relationship with Him. It is only through Jesus’ sacrificial death and resurrection that this gift could be offered. We can search high and low for peace but it can’t be found in anything or anyone else on this earth. Only in Jesus.
During this Lenten season, we are reminded of this profound, incomparable, free gift that is available to all who trust in the resurrected Christ. Have you accepted Jesus’ gift?
Dear heavenly Father, so often we expect externals or tangibles to provide peace to fill the emptiness we feel inside. We acknowledge that only through your Son can we experience true peace—the peace that fills that emptiness in our hearts and assures us of our eternal security, the peace that passes all understanding. May You, the Prince of Peace, reign in our hearts today and every day! And it’s in Your name we pray. Amen.
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