Looking for Peace?

What has proven more elusive than peace in the world and subsequently peace for the individual?  Could that quest for peace be simpler than one might think?  Consider this.  Cattle grazing in a pasture, speak peace to our spirits.  Why is that?  Further, why should a stroll in a forest, or, along a beach equally speak peace to our spirits? Because in each of these settings, all these elements, apart from the human, are doing the will of God.  A cow grazing in a pasture is similar to an ant scurrying about its work, both are acting consistent with their being and are thus doing the will of God.  The seas are obedient to the will of God as are the trees.  All nature is obedient to the will of God.

To the human situation.  It’s not that exercising one’s will is so wrongful and hurtful, it’s exercising it apart from acknowledgment of and submission to a higher will that provokes so much of the hurt amongst humankind.  Is it not interesting that Jesus, a superlative human by every estimate, had a most unusual relationship with God the Father?  Two of His own statements on this subject demonstrate it:  “I do nothing of Myself; but as My (Heavenly) Father taught Me, I speak these things” (John 8:28b) and “The (Heavenly) Father has not left Me alone, for I always to those things that please Him” (John 8:29b).

The key to your knowing “peace” is entering into a relationship with the Heavenly Father akin to the one Jesus had.