Hmmmm... Peace it sounds good....

I want to talk about a word that came up today in service, that completely changed the events that happened. The word is peace, it is a word that everyone knows about but few experience. As I was thinking about the people in the congregation and those I am in contact with outside the church, and how many  were going through tough times in their lives it came to me that we above all should know peace on a daily basis. Yet too often we do not know peace, all we know is complaining, whining about this and that in life. Oh this is going wrong and that is going wrong, but why is it that we say we serve a God that is bigger than the boogy man but can't handle the stress I myself am placing on my life. The bible says in Ephesians 2: 14 says For He himself is our peace! He is our peace, well in word I guess we can say He is. Most people will say of God you are my all in all, and I would walk a thousands miles for you but to trust you with what I am going through, not happening.  It gives a reality check of who really is in control of your life, because if all we are doing is whining and complaining, it is obvious that God is not in control. It goes on to say in Ephesians that Christ is the Chief Corner Stone of the building, of our lives, yet many want to only live with Christ when it suits their lifestyle. The building never stands without the chief corner stone. Same is true with our lives, we can never experience peace in our lives without the peace that passes all understanding Jesus Christ. I do not say this to condemn anyone but to encourage you that Christ never asks for you to be perfect that is why he died for you. What I am saying is that if we get back to our first love which was Christ we can experience the truth of peace in our lives. I am making a path for Christ to be the one and only one I serve so I may know peace in all circumstances, the free gift many often neglect.

~Ryan