If you were asked to describe our world in one word, would you choose “peaceful”? I’m guessing there are a lot of other words that come to mind before that one. Your list may include words like “chaotic,” “broken,” “unstable,” “frightening,” or “disintegrating.”
As a nation, we’ve lost confidence in our government, medical institutions, and scientific exploration. And many have lost confidence in religion, with church attendance now at an all-time low.
Right now, the world is anything but peaceful.
But we all desire and need peace. Many people look for peace in superficial things, including drugs, alcohol, entertainment, and money. And yet, they still feel empty.
Truthfully, we’ve been looking for peace in all the wrong places, because the world cannot offer true, lasting peace. We need a peace that isn’t of this world.
Other-worldly peace is just what Jesus offers us. On Palm Sunday, a week before He was to go to the cross, suffer, and die, Jesus took His disciples aside and gave them an amazing promise, saying, “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you.”
This is a remarkable promise.
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