The Greatest WarriorSample

Peace in Times of War

Many warriors feel that once they’ve entered the battle, they will never leave. They may come home, but the war comes with them – wreaking havoc not only inside them but with their family and friends. 

Other warriors are preparing to go into battle to fight for peace but have never experienced true peace themselves. 

Real peace is found when we acknowledge Jesus as the King over all other kings. 

When God created the world, it was peaceful. There was harmony between humans, God and creation. But that went away when people decided to try ruling creation themselves. By doing this, they allowed sin and death to tear through creation, destroying that harmony.

God wanted the harmony back, so He devised a plan. He sent his Son Jesus to rescue the world.  Jesus did this in an unexpected way: He allowed the foreign rulers to crucify him. His followers were bewildered because it looked like the enemy had won. What kind of warrior loses his most important battle?

But Jesus didn’t come to conquer the evil rulers. He came to defeat the powers behind the rulers. And that’s what He did three days later when He rose from the grave. Death was defeated. Real peace came into the world again.

To experience that peace, you can pray a prayer like this one:

Jesus, You are the true King, the King over all other kings. I believe that You died on the cross in my place, that You rose from the dead and that in You I can have eternal life. 

Forgive me for the sinful things I’ve done so that I can forgive others for the sinful things they‘ve done to me. 

Give me new life that I may be an ambassador of Your life to the rest of the world. Bring peace to my heart, to my mind, and to my body, that I may practice peace in Your world. 

Though the battles continue, if we come to God, we will find peace in Him.