Philippians 4:7 GNT
Most people long for peace in their everyday lives. Many believe that peace can be achieved through man’s reasoning power of negotiations; they don’t trust one another and often break their word. However, because God gives peace, believers can trust He will do as He promised. The reality is unless we allow God to change our moral and spiritual conditions, we will not know peace. Recall that we live in a fallen world, spiritually separated from God because our first parents disobeyed Him in the Garden of Eden. Therefore, we must accept Jesus’ sacrificial death on the cross to reconcile us to Christ. “And God’s peace, which is far beyond human understanding, will keep your hearts and minds safe in union with Christ Jesus” (Phil. 4:7 GNT).
Being in union with Jesus, believers have peace that gives them protection those outside of Christ do not have. Even in the midst of all the confusion in this world, the beauty of the spiritual benefit of peace is trusting God to keep our hearts and minds. “… but to be spiritually minded is life and peace” (Rom. 8:6b).
Many song writers wrote hymns of hope. Thomas Dorsey, Father of Gospel Music, penned There’ll Be Peace in the Valley for Me. The chorus says: “There’ll be peace in the valley for me some day, There’ll be peace in the valley for me. I pray no more sorrow and sadness or trouble will be, There’ll be peace in the valley for me.” The words express what believers look forward to in both the afterlife and rest for the soul from the toils of this old world.
Lift your voice and shout, “Glory!”