Sharing the Source of Real Peace

I needed to 'take care' of my cell phone so stepped out of church. A couple of ladies had just arrived from another city. They had heard that a special speaker was going to be at our church and had decided to come to hear him speak.

After church we visited with them as we ate lunch. After talking on for a while we invited them to our home to continue our visit. They were interested in what we have been learning concerning some Bible topics and relationships with God and others. As we shared the Lord continued to open topic after topic to our deeper understanding as well. Story after story opened to our minds more of what God is really like.

One of Satan's countereits is to get people to think that God uses 'force' at least once in a while. True peace, however, cannot flourish when a mind believes in force - either giving or receiving. If a mind thinks that someone else is attempting to force, it often causes resistance. God commands - yes - but at the same time He also allows a person to choose to obey or otherwise.

It is Satan that attempts to make people believe they 'have' to do 'this' or 'that' even if they don't want to. God sends His love to all creation. It is God's love that is the life of everything.

When a person realizes that God can be trusted then he or she can come into a confiding peace in God's presence. As we shared some of how to do this and saw these dear folks gain a better understanding of God's plan for peace it brought peace to our hearts.

Bringer of Peace