Read John 14:27
There is peace and then there is PEACE.
There is peace that the world has to offer and quite frankly that usually amounts to a slice of what God has created. Imagine yourself at peace. What did you imagine? Floating down a lazy river? Sitting on top of a mountain? Looking out at the ocean? Watching a sleeping baby?
All God's creation.
Is it any wonder that when we try to create peace in our minds we drift to earthly majesty?
Then there is the PEACE that Christ offers. "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you." When Christ says, "my peace I give you," He describes it as peace unlike what the world gives. What do you suppose He imagined? Where did He go in His mind to find a peaceful scene? Jesus had just finished telling his disciples that He's leaving so that He could be with the Father. That is where Jesus finds peace...in the presence of the Father.
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