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Betty Louise
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Luk 21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
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Jesus, the Prince of Peace “Long lay the world in sin and error pining,” we sing each Christmas season in O Holy Night. It is an accurate description. Before Jesus came, we lived under a burden of sin from which we could not escape, with a gulf between us and God that we could not bridge. The broken world had long been pining for peace. Sin is a heavy burden, and separation from God is the deepest ache of the soul. But God knew exactly what we needed, and He wanted us to know who was coming. Seven hundred years before Jesus’ arrival on earth, He shared the good news of who Jesus the Savior would be: the Prince of Peace. In Hebrew, the word king and the word prince are used interchangeably. That means that the prince embodies the power of the king. He has all of the authority, the ruling delegation, and the royal standing of the king. So Jesus is not just the Prince of Peace; He is the King of Peace. As the King of Peace, He alone is the author and giver of peace.
In Hebrew, the word for “peace” is shalom—a far more meaningful word. Shalom means complete well-being—not just a feeling of mental or emotional clarity. Wherever Jesus went on earth, He brought wholeness. The blind saw. The sick were healed. The storms calmed. The sinful repented. Shalom means being complete, being whole, and lacking nothing. This kind of peace expresses the deepest longing of the human heart. It settles unrest; it fills the empty. But shalom cannot exist in a heart that is void of Jesus Christ. It cannot exist in a heart that is divided between a love of God and a love of the world. So how can we get this peace? To experience the shalom of the Prince of Peace means surrendering every part of our lives to Him. We can know lasting, eternal peace because Jesus Himself became our peace through His sacrifice (see Ephesians 2:14-18). Our peace cost Jesus a great deal as He died on the cross for our sins.
“Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.” – Luke 2:14
He suffered so that we could find joy, contentment, and peace in a reconciled relationship with the Father. Through Christ, the barrier of sin separating us from God was destroyed. Through Christ, we can know peace in the midst of the storms of life. Through Christ, we can experience wholeness and contentment. From the outside looking in, where a helpless newborn was placed inside an animal’s feeding trough, it did not look like much. But it was one of the most powerful moments of human history—it was an invasion of God’s Kingdom. It was where light began pushing back the darkness, because the Prince of Peace had come to bring wholeness to the broken. “For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn,” the Christmas carol continues. Only through submitting fully to Jesus can we receive the gift of true peace. Have you placed your trust in the Prince of Peace? Will you allow His light to push back the darkness in your life?
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David Campbell
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