Monday, August 26, 2013

Sweet Words to Worried Hearts

"May The Lord of Peace himself give you peace at all times in every way" (2 Thessalonians 2:16).

Those are sweet words to worried hearts. God himself will give you peace. The use of the word "himself" makes the giving personal. It is more than a generic gift of peace to the body of Christ as a whole. It means God sees you as an individual and purposely gives you, ________ (put in your name) peace.

God is not blinded to your situation. He is not a man that he would be too busy to notice you as an individual. He knows your name (John 10:1-2) and he knows your address (Acts 9:11). He knows what you do for a living (Acts 9:11) and where you are at any given moment (Psalm 139:8-10). If you do not understand something, rest in the knowledge, love and power God has toward you and leave the answers up to him (Psalm 131).