Peace With God and God’s Peace

Peace With God and God’s Peace

Having peace with a person requires that there are two people—namely, myself and the person with whom I have peace. The rich man, to a certain degree, could have peace with Lazarus because Lazarus got the crumbs that fell from his table, but he did not have the peace of Lazarus.

A master has peace with his servant and the servant has peace with his master as long as each remains in the place he belongs. This is the peace the world gives. Everyone minds his own business and no one violates his neighbor’s rights, because if that happens, peace ceases immediately.

People have a similar peace with God. You often hear people testify about their peace with God and how wonderful it is, but before long, you hear that their peace has disappeared. Now a cloud has come between them and God because they haven’t been living the way they ought to, etc.

We must attain to something deeper, something lasting. Jesus can give this to us. He says, “My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” John 14:27.

God has baptized us with His Holy Spirit to make us one body with Christ. He is our peace; He is our righteousness; His life is our life. We are no longer two, but one, because He Himself is our peace, who has made both one and has broken down the middle wall of separation. Eph. 2:14. Now we not only have peace with God, we have God’s peace. And that is unfathomably greater. Peace with God keeps us, but when the peace of God rules in our heart (Col. 3:15), it makes us triumphant. God has given us an active peace—His peace.