LIVE IN PEACE.
Have I ever said how much I love the writings of Paul? So encouraging, so inspirational. I don't think it is a secret that I always go back to the conversion of Saul to Paul. It reveals the depths of God's mercy and grace and how there isn't a person out there that is too far gone for God to reach them.
Paul speaks to my heart over and over again with his words. I feel like Paul understood what it was like to struggle with anxiety, fear... and he also understood what it was like to have true freedom in Jesus Christ.
I imagine Paul suffered greatly internally when he was persecuting Christians. He knew that he was meant for something greater.. something different.. but the unhappiness within his soul made that impossible to reach. On that road to Damascus, God allowed him to have an encounter with Jesus Christ that changed the very core of his being.
I've been there.
I've been that person that was suffering inside.. and I knew I was meant for a peaceful walk... but I had so much darkness in my soul that I couldn't get to it!
It took truly getting serious about my life. About the darkness within me. It took me repenting to God... pouring everything in my heart out to Him. It took true sorrow for my transgressions. It took a relentless stirring in my soul to find freedom in Jesus.
And reading 2 Corinthians 13:11 this morning reminded me of the life God called us to have.
LIVE IN PEACE.
He doesn't want us to live in fear-- to live with anxiety-- to live with hypochondria-- to live with anger-- to live with bitterness....
He wants us to live in peace free from the chains of this world!
It took me getting serious about my life- realizing that I was becoming dependent on alcohol -- realizing that I was becoming dependent on my phone-- realizing that I was becoming dependent on a life of sin--- to realize that He called me for so much better.
He called me... He called all of us... to live in peace.
Why aren't we??
Why are we letting the weight of this world steal that from us?
All it takes is repentance. All it takes is making a lifestyle change.
And we can have it.
We can live in peace.
You can live in peace.
I can live in peace.
It starts today.
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