Oswald Chambers: Peace - Life in the SpiritSample

The peace of Christ is synonymous with His very nature, and the working of that peace was exhibited in our Lord’s earthly life. It is the God of peace who sanctifies wholly. The gift of the peace of Christ on the inside; the garrison of God on the outside, then I have to see that I allow the peace of God to regulate all that I do, that is where my responsibility comes in—“let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts.”

One of the things which we need to be cured of by the God of peace is the petulant struggle of doing things for ourselves. Has the God of peace brought you into a calm, or is there a clamor and a struggle still? Are you still hanging on to some obstinate conviction of your own?—still struggling with some particular line of things you want.

Reflection Questions: What does it mean to allow peace to rule my heart? What is the difference between staying calm and living in peace? What is the difference between calmness and peace?

Quotations taken from The Highest Good and If You Will Ask, © Discovery House Publishers