Recipe for Great Peace

Psalms 119:165 Great peace have those who love Your law, and nothing causes them to stumble.

Note that the verse says nothing about keeping the Law perfectly. It makes reference to one who loves God's Law. In other words, we are to love the Word of God, and out of that love strive to obey it; because there is no one who can keep it perfectly. When we love God's Word, we quickly discover how much God showed His love for us through Christ. That should surely motivate us, and give us the desire to study it, so that we know how to correctly apply it. As we seek to be doers, and not just hearers, we will stop and search the Word, in response to those who persecute us. What we will find is that many will even take God's Word out of context in order to persecute us, by rebuking us and judging us out of selfish motives, and make false assumptions and accusations. As we go to the Lord in prayer, and prayerfully search the Bible, we will realize that we do not have to respond to every accusation or insult that comes our way. Especially if we give God room to come to our defense, and take vengeance on our behalf (Romans 12). There is no greater peace than knowing that God is our High Tower and our Shield. When we have peace to that extent, the psalmist says that we will not be offended (emotionally or spiritually injured) by our persecutors. Beloved, let us never feed into the accusations, judgments, and lies, of those who persecute us. When we do, we simply feed into the schemes of Satan, who loves to use whoever is willing to be used by him, whether unsaved or saved, to cause us grief; and even attempt to cause division and break up the local church. Let us instead keep our eyes on Jesus, stay in His Word, do our best to live a life of obedience to God, and bring every single solitary concern before His throne. That, my dear brothers and sisters, is a true recipe for great peace!

Today, God extends an invitation to you to accept His free gift of salvation (Rom 7:23). Will you accept it? Anyone who calls on Jesus, by faith, in repentance, confessing your sins, will receive eternal life. Do not put off calling on Him, and receive His free gift of salvation today (Rom 10:13).