Christ’s life outwardly was one of the most troubled lives that was ever lived: tempest and tumult, tumult and tempest, the waves breaking over it all the time. But the inner life was a sea of glass. The great calm was always there.
He offers peace from God (Romans 1:7) to all who are the recipients of His grace. He makes peace with God (Romans 5:1) for those who surrender to Him in faith. And He brings the peace of God (Philippians 4:7) to those who walk with Him.
God With Us, Zondervan, 1989, p. 22.
All other freedoms, once won, soon turn into new servitude. Christ is the only liberator whose liberation lasts forever.
Jesus Rediscovered.
The little world within us, like the great world without, is full of confusion and strife; but when Jesus enters it, and whispers “Peace be unto you,” there is a calm, yea, a rapture of bliss.
Jesus is no security against life’s storms, but He is perfect security in them.
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