“Now may the Lord of peace Himself grant you His peace (the peace of His kingdom) at all times and in all ways (under all circumstances and conditions, whatever comes) (2 Thess 3:6; AMPC).

Most of us would love to have God’s peace at all times and in all circumstances, but how can that be? To begin with, one of the names of God is Jehovah Shalom (Judges 6:24) which means the Lord is peace. Shalom is an Old Testament word referring to soundness, completeness, welfare, health, prosperity, harmony and the absence of strife. The Greek word for peace in our verse above is Eirene which translates very similarly to shalom. In Isa 9:6, Jesus is referred to as the Prince of peace and if we are born again Christians then we have the Prince of Peace living on the inside of us and making His peace available to us at all times. Peace is a fruit of the Spirit and so it develops and matures as we grow in our Christian walk, and in addition we find God’s peace in His presence.

However, although we have God’s peace inside of us, we may not always b e experiencing it because we are not perfectly matured yet, so what do we do? In 1 Peter 3:11 (AMPC) we are told that we need to “search for peace” and “seek it eagerly”. How do we do this? The Bible has much to say about peace, so we need to find those scriptures, write them out, study and meditate on them. Then when the devil tries to steal our peace, we can speak them right in his face and enjoy the fruit of peace!

“Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you, not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid” (John 14:27; NKJV).