"...having made peace through the blood of his cross" (Colossians 1:20).
Many readers of Paul's letters skim over the opening greetings to get to the main content and miss an extremely important part of what he has to say. He continually begins with, "Grace to you and peace from the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ" or "Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ".
Grace produces peace.
Without God's grace we would be his enemies (Romans 5:10). No wonder we lived in anxiety, fear and depression before we knew God. God can be very scary. He has the power to create or destroy entire universes with a word. There would be no escape if he were out to destroy us.
However, we can rest in peace without fear because God is not only not our enemy, but our protector (Romans 5:1-11, 8:31; Hebrews 13:5:; Matthew 6:25-34; Romans 9:22-23; 1Corinthians 2:9; 2 Corinthians 5:4-10).
