“Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen” (Romans 15:33).

Peace (Def): (Gr.): Eirene from Eiro: To join and set at one again, rest, quietness, prosperity

There is a quietness of heart we find when we abide in the Life of the God of Peace. This quietness of heart is not based on outward circumstances, or what is commonly described as “conditions on the ground” as in a storm, natural disaster, battlefield or situations we face in our daily lives every day. The quietness of heart is found in being joined in One Spirit with the Nature of the God of Peace. Abiding in the God of Peace is an abiding in a higher realm, a heavenly place in the Son.

The God of Peace has a Son, the Prince of Peace (cf. Isaiah 9:6), who gives us His peace as we abide in Him:

“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me” (John 14:1).

“Peace, I leave with you. My peace I give unto you; not as the world gives, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid” (John 14:27).

The quietness of heart is an untroubled heart that rests securely in the God of Peace. This untroubled heart comes to us from the peace of God as a gift. A gift given to the Just, those justified by faith, who have been joined in one Spirit with the Son (cf. I Corinthians 6:17):

“Therefore, being justified by faith we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ” (Romans 5:1).

The God of Peace. For the believer, knowing the God of Peace is a joyous state of being in which we are filled with peace, hope, love and the joy of the Lord:

“Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing that you may abound in hope through the power of the Holy Spirit” (Romans 15:13).

As we read the Epistles, we find a clear message from the Apostles regarding their faith in the God of Peace:

“Grace be unto you, and peace from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ” (I Corinthians 1:3; II Corinthians 1:2; Galatians 1:3; Ephesians 1:2; Philippians 1:2; Colossians 1:2).

It is as we live out our walk of faith that we learn Christ more and more and follow the example given to us by the Apostles:

“Those things which you have both learned and received and heard and seen in me, do; and the God of Peace shall be with you” (Philippians 4:9).

As we abide in the God of Peace there is a control in us that governs, that rules and takes charge over our hearts continually. As we submit to the control of the Spirit of Grace and Peace we find the peace of God in every situation, as the Apostle notes:

“Let the peace of God rule in your hearts to which also you are called in one body, and be thankful” (Colossians 3:15).

The government of God working in us also does a sanctifying work in us that causes us to live in victory over temptations, our emotions, the feelings that we have in our trials, tribulations and experiences from opposing forces that war against us on the battlefield of life. The Apostle experienced these things continually and from his experience he could write to the Church at Thessalonica:

“And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly, and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ” (I Thessalonians 5:23).

The Apostle Peter wrote in his Second Epistle:

“Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God, and Jesus our Lord” (II Peter 1:2).

The Apostle John wrote in his Second Epistle:

“Grace be with you, mercy and peace from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father in Truth and Love” (II John 1:3).

Beloved, we have been given a precious gift: peace, from the God of Peace. Abide in Him. Rest in Him, Prosper in Him, even as we have been joined to Him by grace in His eternal love.

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