What to do to Receive God’s Peace?
Philippians 4:7
“And the peace of God, which passed all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus”
Whether they are personal struggles, family troubles or community crises . “Peace will come as we must know that God’s only Begotten son has power to soothe our aching souls.
Jesus Christ died so that we can be saved and experience joy in this life. Find the happiness that can come because of him. He came to this world to give peace of God to us.
People often ask for God’s assistance at life’s Lowest points. But God your heavenly father, loves you and offers his hand in good times as well as bad. You can always turn to God in prayer. Praying to God bring answers and inner peace
God is our Heavenly Father:
The old Testament teaches that you were created in God’s own image (Genesis 1:27). Just as your mother and father created your physical body, your heavenly father created your spirit . That’s why God is called the Father of Spirits (Hebrew 12:9). This familial relationship means that you can turn to him when you need help.
Because God is your father he loves us and want to help us through our challenges . God’s Love is constant
In the New Testament, Jesus explains that because God is perfect. He knows perfectly how to help us when we ask him , and he wants to help even more than a loving earthly father desires to help his children
“If a son shall ask bread any of you that is a father , will be give him a stone? or if he ask a fish will he for a fish give him a serpent? If he then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children how much more shall your heavenly father give The Holy spirit to them that ask Him? (Luke 11:11,13)
God wants us to grow:
Because God loves us , he doesn’t eliminate trials and hardships from our life. Death, illness, financial hardships, natural disasters, and many other difficulties are part of God’s plan for long term happiness, because they allow us to learn and grow and become a better person. It may not seem like it when we are in the middle of a trial , but the Apostle Paul taught that this “light affliction is only temporary and can lead to a “for more exceeding and eternal weight of glory (2 Corinthians 4:17) Every challenge we face can help us progress. especially we turn to God for help.
God respects our freedom
We have no control over sense of life’s difficulties but rather it is a direct or indirect result of our choices , Because he loves us. God gave us tendency or freedom to make decisions. Our free will enables us to make good choices that lead to happiness, it also makes us accountable for bad choices , which lead to immediate or eventual unhappiness. God will not intervene in our choices. He allows us to decide for ourselves and to learn from the consequences. Yet he does offer the ultimate help to overcome mistakes and sins – the saving power of Jesus Christ . No matter how bad our circumstances may become or how many wrong choices we may have made , we can always choose to change and find peace through Jesus Christ .
Even through God’s love for us is constant , we must turn to him for help. We can do to seek God’s assistance in our life through exercising faith in God, prayer, and keep God’s commandments
The scriptures teach “Behold, the Lord estemeth all flesh in one ” In other words, every person is equal in God’s eyes. He loves all of his children. That verse continues “He that is righteous is favored of God” That does not mean that God has favorites.
It does mean that those who are righteous . those who follow him and do what he asks- qualify for God's favors, or bless us when we keep His commandment . God blesses us and His peace fills us. Amen
Sol. Arokia