A Prayer for Peace
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
John 14:27 (ESV)
Jesus spoke these words on the night before His death, in the middle of the most turbulent 24 hours in human history. His peace isn't theoretical. It was tested in the deepest way imaginable, and it held.
A Prayer for Peace
Lord Jesus, You said peace was a gift. You didn't say it was something I had to achieve or manufacture. You said You give it. That distinction matters today. Thank You for giving it freely. Thank You that You spoke these words on the night before Your death, meaning this peace has been tested in the hardest circumstances imaginable, and it held. Thank You that You are not offering me a feeling, but Yourself. I confess I've been looking for calm in outcomes when You've offered it as a Person. You are the Prince of Peace. You don't just deliver peace like a package; You are its source. The world's version of peace depends on circumstances aligning just right. I know that kind of peace. It's fragile. Yours exists beneath the trouble, not around it. I want to live there. So today I'm asking You to still the waters inside me. Not necessarily the circumstances, but the storm within. Quiet my heart. Slow my breathing. Remind me that You've already spoken "peace" over deeper waters than these. Let my heart not be troubled. Let it not be afraid. You said so, and You meant it. In Your name. Amen.
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