Advent - We Have Found The KingSample

It would seem that peace is a hard thing to come by in this present day and age. It doesn’t take much to realize that the world we live in lacks this. From war to division, shootings and other extreme acts of violence are present. Where is the peace? Where is the hope for our world? As we struggle to seek the answer to these questions, I remember a song by Danny Gokey entitled “Tell Your Heart to Beat Again.” In it, he talks about stepping into the light of grace and realizing that all the troubles in this life are nothing compared to the glory that is in Christ. Because of what was done for you years ago on the cross, you can now live. No longer do you have to dwell on the past: “yesterday is a closing door.”

This reminds me of the words spoken in 1 Corinthians 15:54
“Death has been swallowed up in victory.”

Our Savior entered into a dark and broken world when there was no peace and many were suffering. He chose such a time as this to dwell among us and fulfill what was foretold in Scripture. He is the peace that the world at large is not ready for. He has broken the bonds of sin. The chains that once entangled us (that we often times pick back up) He removes. In the midst of the suffering that our world experiences daily, we have the peace and assurance to know that in Christ, there is victory. Within our own personal lives, those places that only we know about, the things we try to cover up and of which we are ashamed, He tells us that we will one day rise with Him in glory and will be made new. Death no longer has victory.

We must remember that the same peace that entered into our world in the form of a baby, a human like us yet still fully God, lives and dwells in the hearts of those who have faith and belief in Him. We must also remember that He is God and will be exalted among the nations, exalted among the earth, and there is our peace.

So I encourage you to Tell Your Heart to Beat Again.

Dylan Mathis, Campus Missionary Intern, BSM