Peace, a fullness CBO 2012

So, this meditation comes from the 2012 CBO Meditation Journal with the theme A Child is Born stemming from Isaiah 9:6.

Peace, a fullness - 2012

"Jesus replied, "What is impossible with men is possible with God." Luke 18:27

We are promised a Prince of Peace into a world that appears to be ever more violent.  But, while Jesus may have been given to give us external peace, if we are willing to seek it, he most definitely came to give us peace internally.  So often we go through life and we wonder why we cannot find peace.  But is it really any wonder when we carry a bundle of anger and resentment at the world around us.  We are consistently holding things against our leaders our neighbors our friends our families and even ourselves.  We need to let go of all of that before we will ever find peace.

I think this, more than anything else, is what Jesus is really trying to tell the rich young ruler in Luke 18.  It was not about the actual money and possessions that the man had, but rather all that it meant to him, both the positive and the negative.  Only by letting go of the things we hold on so tightly too can we ever be free enough to find peace.  It is never the next thing that will bring us that elusive happiness security or peace, it is letting go of both our desire for the next thing as well as our love for the current things.

+What must you let go of in order to find peace in your life? Money? Anger? People? Things?

+Think back on the times that you were peaceful, where were you, what was happening, how can you find that place again?

Peace and Love,

Pastor K