Hebrew words go
beyond their spoken pronunciation, conveying feeling, intent and emotion.
Shalom, though commonly used as a greeting and farewell, means much more than
simply “Peace”, “Hello”, or “Goodbye.” Shalom
means completeness, wholeness, health, peace, welfare, safety, soundness,
tranquility, prosperity, perfectness, fullness, rest, and harmony -- the
absence of agitation or discord -- with the sense of “to pay for... to be fully
paid.” Peace is the Shalom of God, wholeness, well-being, harmony and rest that
is fully paid for. God’s Peace... His Shalom, defies our understanding because
it is completely absence of agitation, discord and anxiety, even during the
storms of life. Shalom does not ignore adversity, it conquers adversity! The Shalom
of God is the essence of our salvation.
Many search for
fulfillment, happiness and contentment, in the pleasures, passions and possessions
of life, never realizing they are really searching for Shalom. The bling of
this life serves only to distract, hinder and prevent us from finding true
peace, and can never fill that little hole in our soul that can only be filled
by God. There is only one way to find true Shalom... true peace, and that is to
find God or, more precisely, to be found by the searching God who passionately
pursues every person as long as they have breath. We cannot have the “peace
that passes understanding” without knowing the God that defies understanding.
The “God of Peace”
dispenses peace from His Kingdom of peace as a gift. Jesus is called Sar Shalom,
the “Prince of Peace”, and as the preincarnate word gave His disciples
peace, not as the world gives but as only He could give: “These things I have
spoken … that in Me you may have peace.” We will find God’s Shalom... His peace,
in Christ... in “The Word Made Flesh”... in the words He spoke. Christ said He came
that we may have Life... abundantly eternal life... abundantly peaceful life.
Shalom Life can only come from Him who created and put all things into place. There
is only one
way to find true Shalom - and that is in the Word of God. Therefore “Study to …
THE
PEACE OF GOD
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