When I think of inner peace I think of a place in my spirit which cannot be tampered with, shaken, or destroyed. No matter how hard things may get, in this special place of peace nothing can change my knowledge of the fact that God loves and cares about me. The best thing about inner peace is the fact that our Heavenly Father is the creator of peace and because we are His children we get to experience that part of Him. He is so open to us spending time with Him. Even though He knows everything about us He wants us to share everything with Him because He’s just that in to us. And because He loves us so much He has absolutely no problem wrapping us up in His peace.
According to Wikipedia, peace is defined as an occurrence of harmony characterized by lack of violence, conflict behaviors, and the freedom from fear of violence. Inner peace is described as a state of being mentally and spiritually at peace, with enough knowledge and understanding to keep oneself strong in the face of discord or stress. Being at peace is considered by many to be healthy and the opposite of being stressed or anxious.
In the world that we live in our peace is challenged all of the time. Just look at the news for a few minutes and you’ll hear all of the horrible things happening around the world. Sometimes you don’t even have to go that far but, you can just look in your own life and see things in disarray.
However, the Lord promises us that He will give us peace that passes all understanding (Phil 4:7). Now that sounds like “inner peace” to me! God is gracious enough to allow us to enter into a place where we can find so much rest and serenity that we can’t even understand it. In fact, our human words cannot adequately describe it. Oh God how we thank You for your peace!!
Special Prayer
Dear Lord,
I pray that you would cause everyone that is reading this blog to know the place of inner peace like never before. I pray that when troubles rise no matter how big or small that You would quickly intervene and draw us into the place of peace. We thank You God for in that place we will find love, rest, confidence, and intimacy with You.
In Jesus’ Name We Pray,
Amen
Reflections
1. Describe a time when you knew beyond the shadow of a doubt that you were experiencing peace that passed all understanding.
2. How important is inner peace to you?
God Bless,
Minister Kimberly L. Smith
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