I've been running around like crazy and trying to get school under control, while working lots, and just generally avoiding the things that are good for me, under the excuse that I don't have time for it. My de-stressor things, like hanging out with Jesus, and letting my artistic side out, and dancing and stuff like that. Which means that I have also been having a bit of a tough time clinging to that quiet place of God's peace. But it doesn't have to be that way.
Matthew 5:9 says "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God."
We are given peace, we have been fought over in order for God to put us in a place in relationship with him where peace can be ours! And now we are not just peace makers but peace bringers. We can bring God's supernatural peace into tense exam rooms, uncertain situations, and circumstances that seem hopeless. As children of God we have been marked with peace, and that should be visible to others.
Has anyone by fussing in front of the mirror ever gotten taller by so much as an inch? All this time and money wasted on fashion—do you think it makes that much difference? Instead of looking at the fashions, walk out into the fields and look at the wildflowers. They never primp or shop, but have you ever seen color and design quite like it? The ten best-dressed men and women in the country look shabby alongside them.
If God gives such attention to the appearance of wildflowers—most of which are never even seen—don’t you think he’ll attend to you, take pride in you, do his best for you? What I’m trying to do here is to get you to relax, to not be so preoccupied with getting, so you can respond to God’s giving. People who don’t know God and the way he works fuss over these things, but you know both God and how he works. Steep your life in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions. Don’t worry about missing out. You’ll find all your everyday human concerns will be met.
-Matthew 6:27-33 MSG
-Matthew 6:27-33 MSG
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