Pause: A Month of Peace in Five Minutes a DaySample

Proclaim

“And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” (Phil. 4:7)

Prompt

With peace comes goodness. God’s gifts are good. God’s ways are good. God’s posture toward us is always good. God is unfiltered, unimpeded, unbounded, uninhibited Goodness.

The problem comes when we confuse OUR IDEA of good with God’s pure, actual Good. Sometimes, in the name of pragmatism or idealism, we call evil good, but God’s peaceful wisdom looks past those worldly values and adds more and more and more of his REAL Good to our world.

And that feels a lot like peace.

Prod

Are there worldly ideals you’ve confused with God’s goodness? Identify them and lift them to God in repentance.

Praise

Listen to “God, You’re So Good” by Passion

Pray

Jesus, you are good, good, good. Show me your Good instead of mine. Let me call things “good” that are actually good as you know it, not as I do. Don’t let me get confused about what is your Real Good when I encounter it today! Amen.