Jesus told
us that we shouldn’t fret, for he had overcome the world.
But that, as a
concept, can seem so foreign in our day, for surely Jesus lived in a less
stressed day? Wrong. The stresses of Jesus’ day were no less apparent. Indeed,
there was certainly less civility than we are used to, less social systems, and
a more antiquated justice.
But there is a clear
fact we are also missing: the Word of God is an eternal Word. It’s a Word
spoken through the realms of eternity into the domain of time. It’s a Grace
that exceeds every concept of grace we can imagine. Only with God is there
peace of such a cogent sort as to not be able to explain it.
Such peace is a
miracle because it is experienced by faith, which, of its own, it a dichotomy
when held with reason. Faith makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. And that’s
why it’s a miracle.
Peace can be known
despite the experience of anxiousness, so it’s something we accept with our anxiousness. And as we sit more
comfortably with our anxiousness, we sit more comfortably with life, and we
experience more peace – a peace that is unlike any conception of peace we ever
thought of.
We ask less
questions. We are happier sitting still than running after all sorts of things.
Or perhaps we hunger for these very things; well then, they shall ultimately be
ours! For, the person who seeks, finds; the person who knocks at a door
persistently enough will have that door opened to them.
***
Confusion may threaten,
Anxiousness may reign,
But there is peace,
In God, beyond pain.
Anxiousness may reign,
But there is peace,
In God, beyond pain.
That’s the miracle,
That’s what’s sought,
That peace of God’s,
Through His Son it was bought.
That’s what’s sought,
That peace of God’s,
Through His Son it was bought.
So claim it now,
Make it your intended,
For in the Spirit of the LORD,
You are defended!
Make it your intended,
For in the Spirit of the LORD,
You are defended!
***
As we seek God we have our minds and
hearts gradually challenged and opened.
And this seeking after God is not a
patterned thing; there is no method to follow, apart from the necessity to obey
against the flow of our will.
Opposite the method most seek to
master, faith is aligned with the peace that cannot be explained, only enjoyed.
When faith is lived as God desires it
should there is a profound peace that may be tapped into. That is the search we
are all on. A peace that transcends our anxiousness is available for us all to
experience.
And only through faith and God is it
sustainably available.
Somehow, faith in Jesus Christ leads
us to an inexplicable yet a commanding peace, and both in equally significant
portions. In this we are defended by grace.
The defence of grace is peace over
travail.
© 2015 S. J. Wickham.
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