Who can put a price on peace? Peace in external life, freedom from want and trouble, is indeed precious! Absence of conflict! Absence of disturbance! Nothing but tranquility! Political and national peace is highly valued, as it should be. So too peace in a family! But, peace of mind is precious beyond all! Men look for it in every place but the right place. It is so sad.
Men are plagued with guilty consciences, haunted memories of depravity, phobias of every kind (some real, some not), anxieties galore, a spirit of foreboding about the future, perplexities, restlessness, etc. The record of scripture is clear: "There is no peace," says the Lord, "to the wicked."
"But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked." (Isa. 57:20-21 kjv)
But, peace can only be found in Christ and in his salvation. Announced Jesus:
"Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." (John 14:27)
This peace, which "surpasses comprehension" (Phil. 4:7), is free to all! Come to him today and take up your cross and follow him. You will surely find peace, both now and forever. Don't spend your money trying to find peace in any other thing.
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