God is called the God of peace five times in the New Testament. Twice we read the comforting words: “The God of peace be with you” (Rm 15:33 and Php 4:9). The three remaining verses present three things that the God of peace worketh on our behalf.
He makes us perfect (Heb 13:20-21). “Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus ... make you perfect in every good work to do His will.” Are you growing in good works? With all our faults and failures, there must be progress in our lives, each day nearer to perfection.
He sanctifies us (I Th 5:23). “And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly ...” In this immoral and wicked world in which we live, are we allowing the God of peace to sanctify our spirit, soul, and body?
He’ll give us victory (Rom 16:20). “And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly.” What a blessed promise. Satan shall be defeated, and shortly (ie. in a little while; soon). Marvel of marvels, it will be under our feet! The God of peace shall exercise His judgment over evil to acquire for us a perfect and everlasting peace. The evil that grieves us so much today will soon be trod under our feet, and we will have peace in every sense of the word.
Know God, and find peace.
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