"War: We Don't Need No More Troubles" is more than a song title, it's the cry of the human heart. We want to be at rest. Enough fighting. Enough hurting. Enough hatred. Enough bitterness. Enough killing. Give us peace!
We sing about peace; we hope and pray for peace; we promote peace, but for every baby step we take forward, we take a giant step backwards.
We sing about peace; we hope and pray for peace; we promote peace, but for every baby step we take forward, we take a giant step backwards.
Chasing peace is like running in circles. We work up a sweat but make no progress. So, we run faster. Only to cover the same ground over and over and over again.
God accused prophets and priests of offering false peace --"They dress the wound of my people as though it were not serious. 'Peace, peace,' they say, when there is no peace." (Jeremiah 6:14). A false promise. A counterfeit offer. Pretense instead of substance.
Can we achieve peace apart from the Prince of Peace?
Is lasting peace the product of the human spirit or the God of Peace?
Human history indicates we've failed at achieving a sustaining peace. Sure, we catch a glimpse of peace, but a sustaining peace stays out of our reach.
Only when the Prince of Peace reigns in our souls can we experience lasting peace and "pass his peace" on to one another.
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