The Peace

Numbers 6:24
24 The Lord bless thee, and keep thee:
25 The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:
26 The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.

Have you ever stopped to wonder what the word “peace” really means. Peace in this instance is more than lack of war. It's more than what we typically think about peace. It's more than just serenity. The word has a threefold meaning. It means nothing missing, nothing stolen, and nothing broken. In other words, God gives us the ability to be whole. This is what peace means. To be able to live whole, with nothing missing out of my life.

“But your dad is missing, preacher. Your father-in-law and mother-in-law are missing. You have aunts and uncles and cousins missing.” Are they really? They aren't here physically but I've learned to hold them and cherish them for who they are in my heart and mind, so I ask are they really missing.? What about the broken trust, broken relationships, broken hearts, and broken spirits? The Word says In Psalms 47, “He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.” And it says the same thing in Isaiah and Ezekiel. What about the stolen part, preacher man? Like Paul, I count everything as dung, to be able to reach for that which is trying to appertain me.

I said all this to say, “I bless you today with the peace that would pass all understanding.” That is a peace in which you can live with or without in the contentment of who you are in Christ. To be content in where you are, in whatever station of life you have found, that you are content therein. In what you do that you would find it satisfying. This is truly the peace of God that He has for us, and I pray this peace be unto you.

John 14
26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.