who can be a peacemaker? you can. anybody can become a peacemaker. but first you must have peace on the inside of you. you can't spread peace if you're at war on the inside. only what you have can you offer to others.
i used to watch those peace rallies in the 60’s and i never saw such a group of angry people. it is no wonder that they didn't have much of an effect. you can't bring peace if you don't got it! if you don't have peace in your heart you certainly can't offer it to anybody else.
you're looking to other people to meet your needs instead of GOD. when you do that you're asking for trouble. when i'm expecting everybody else to meet my needs and they don't then i get ticked off and we have conflict.
GOD says I never intended for you to have all of your needs met by another person. there are some of those SPIRITual, emotional needs that only GOD can meet. when you look to GOD and you have peace with GOD then your relationships can get better.
the reason why some of you have rotten relationships is because you have a war going on inside. you're asking other people to meet needs that they never will be able to meet – the deepest needs of your heart.
what do you do? how do i find the missing peace? where is the missing peace in my life? it's the peace of GOD. how do you get it? you meet JESUS CHRIST. you invite HIM into your life. HE's called the prince of peace. JESUS said, MY peace I give to you, not as the world gives, but MY peace.
it's peace that can't be taken away. it's not based on circumstances, whether there's a traffic jam on the freeway or not. it's inner peace, peace that you can have in the midst of chaos, when everything's falling apart – you can still be at peace. that's the kind of peace that GOD wants to give you. when you have that in your life, then you can become a peacemaker.
just a thought from the front porch…
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