PEACE

 Peace is a very important component in our lives which we ought to maintain at all costs. The kingdom of God consists of only 3 things; RIGHTEOUSNESS, PEACE AND JOY IN THE HOLY SPIRIT. Rom 14:17. Since if we are to experience the kingdom of God fully we must have peace, its important also to see ways in which we can lose peace.

One thing that causes us to lose peace is anxiety; being worried about things. The cure for anxiety according to Phi 4:6,7, is telling God specifically what is causing you to worry and thanking Him for listening and answering you. This will then cause God to flood your heart with peace which will be a guard both to your mind and heart and such peace that no one can explain it.

Another thing that causes us to lose peace is sin. Isaiah, 57:21 declares that there is no peace to the wicked. Sin will always cause us to lose the peace of God in our hearts and the only way to come back to it is to set the matter right which has caused us to lose peace. We may need to confess our sin to God and also make restitution.

Col 3:15 teaches us that peace should be an umpire(AMP) which simply means a referee. The referee in any sports, as we know, whenever he brows the whistle, a foul has been committed. The game cannot continue unless the foul is settled, and even if someone afterwards scores a goal, it will not be counted.

We see therefore how important peace is our hearts; whenever we lose our peace, it means we have committed a foul and unless we settle it first, all the other things we may do afterwards will count for nothing. Remember that whatever we do one day will be tested by fire, 1Cor 3:12-13. Every good work we do with wrong motives or to impress, and the works we do without settling matters our hearts convicts us will one day go up in smoke.

Remember Jesus said that if you go to offer something and then remember that you brother has something against you, you should FIRST be reconciled with your brother and then offer the offering afterwards. Mat 5:23-24. What if you ignore that and first offer without being reconciled, do you suppose that God will accept your offering? Of course not.

It is always good to listen to the referee in your heart and set the matters right that he shows you.

There are some things which are only accomplished in and through us only when we are at peace. They include but not limited to;

OUR SANCTIFICATIUON; that is, to be set apart for the masters’ use, we need to be at peace. 1Thes 5:23-24 tells us that that God of peace will sanctify us wholly. If we desire to live a godly life and a life usable to God, we must need to have peace in our hearts.

OVERCOMING SATAN; for God to crush satan under our feet, peace is necessary. Rom 16:20 tells us that the God of peace will crush satan under our feet. Since we are in a constant battle with satan, we need to have perfect peace (Is 26:3) in order for us to always win.

PRESENCE OF GOD WITH US; It is only when we practice what we learn in the word, receive and hear from anointed servants of God, and when we follow their godly examples that the God of peace will be with us. We see that if we rebel against the authority of the word of God and of the servants of God, there can be no peace in our lives. Phil 4:9

EQUIPMENTS TO DO THE WILL OF GOD; God will equip us with everything we need to do His will and to produce what pleases Him. Heb 13:20-21. In our desire and pursuit to do the will of God, it is only in the place of peace that God will equip us to do His will.

We see how important peace is in our lives and we cannot afford to lose it.

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