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mouths that our souls yearn for peace, our personal
contributions toward it seem to be severely lacking.
In the Sermon on the Mount Jesus said, “Blessed
are the peacemakers, for they shall obtain peace!”
What He meant is that peace begets peace, that
when we act without self-interest to promote
peace, the result is that we ourselves experience
peace even though we have not sought it for
ourselves. It’s serendipity. We each need to be
agents for peace in every situation, and then,
locally, regionally, nationally and internationally,
there may be moments of goodwill and pockets of
peace.
Will there ever totally be permanent Peace on
Earth? Where governments and courts and even
the United Nations fail, the Bible has an answer.
Although misquoted to say “And the lion shall
lie down with the lamb,” an allusion toward final
peace, what Isaiah 11:6 actually says is an even
greater statement about the peace to come: “And
the wolf will dwell with the lamb, And the leopard
will lie down with the kid, And the calf and the
young lion and the fatling together; And a little
boy will lead them” (NASB) Isaiah 11:6. It’s a
prophetic statement about a time to come when
Jesus will return and bring real lasting peace once
again to the earth.
Revelation 21 depicts this scene of peace in verse
4 and brings such a sense of comfort: “… He shall
wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there
shall no longer be any death; there shall no longer
be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things
have passed away.” (NASB)
When we request peace on earth, we are indeed
calling on a higher power to establish permanent
peace where we are unable. Peace shall once again
come to earth when Jesus returns. And so in this
season of celebration and remembrance,
that’s
all we ask
, Peace on Earth, goodwill toward men.
Come Lord Jesus!
Story by Jim Youngquist
