Do you feel as if there is a lack of peace in your life? Now, I don’t mean the chaos that can come with everyday life…work, school, family, baseball practice…that kind of stuff. I mean, absolute peace the comes from the Lord. The peace that settles in your spirit. The peace that is found amidst all the junk in this world swirling around you? It can be difficult to find at times. Psalm 85:8 says:
“Let me hear what God the Lord will speak, for He will speak peace to his people, to his saints; but let them not turn back to folly.”
Maybe the first reason we are unable to experience peace is because we don’t want to listen. We got to hear what the Lord speaks into our lives. We are so distracted with everything else around us, we can’t listen to God. Our ears are full of chaos from this world. He is speaking, my friend. Mute the world and tune into Jesus.
Secondly, I believe we get in our own way at times. We don’t want to turn back to folly…doing things our own way instead of God’s way. We lack faithfulness. There is no peace where there is a lack of faithfulness to God. Psalm 85 goes on to say in verse 10:
“Steadfast love and faithfulness meet; righteousness and peace kiss each other.”
Oh, I love this! When we have love and faithfulness to God because He has first had love and faithfulness to us, then we are met at a place where righteousness kisses peace. I have this picture of my Father bending over to kiss the peace on my forehead from love and faithfulness that we have for each other! It’s an eternal bond of friendship that sprouts peace and blessing in our lives like wildflowers in a field!
All in all, peace is found in our lives when we choose to live a life devoted to our Lord. Remember, through Jesus Christ, we are made righteous. And to experience peace, we must live out that righteousness found in Him. Close your eyes and allow His peace to be “Son-kissed” on your face today! Others will see it and you will be handing out “wildflowers of blessing” wherever you go!
Psalm 85
