9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and
cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will
be exalted in the earth.
11 The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
Oh that God would make all wars to cease. We all long for a day when we can
listen to the news and not hear about wars and rumors of war. It is being
reported this morning on a variety of news station that the Russian Jetliner
that crashed last week in the Sinai Desert was probably the victim of a bomb on
board. If that is so, Russia will like retaliate in some fashion and it won't
be pretty.
These words of David were written to portray God as the God of peace. When will
there be peace on earth? It is not likely any time soon given the current
mindset of so many. I believe that the majority of us, whether Christian or
not, just want to be left alone to live out our lives in peace. It is the few
who keep the cauldron's of war boiling.
I am not ISIS sympathizer by any stretch of the imagination but one must ask,
just where does such venom and bitterness and hatred come from. Those who are
attracted to ISIS are those that feel they have a legitimate grievance against
the world. I might also be that some see this movement as an extension of some
video game they have played on a computer. That is, it is a life game and they
want in on it. But, I believe they would be in the minority and that the
majority of those who join ISIS and other groups similar to them feel cheated or
threatened and just desire to surround themselves with some form of protection
from whatever threat they perceive to be out there. Defending themselves from
some tyrant, they become tyrants and thus, the wars continue and they seem to be
endless.
Christ is the Prince of Peace. His kingdom is the kingdom of peace. In this
world as part of the world, there is no peace. Life is a constant struggle and
there is no respite from those struggles. But, in Christ one can find a peace
that is beyond this world's comprehension. The Bible calls it a peace that
passeth understanding. For the Christian, God has broken the bow, snapped the
spear and burned the vehicles of war. We do not want to learn the ways of war
but much prefer to learn the way of peace. To know what that means all we need
to do is to study the life of Christ. His only war was against Satan and all of
the evil that he has brought into the world. He conquered him and sin on the
cross of Calvary.
We do hear of wars and rumors of wars these days. Christ said we would. But,
we do not have to contribute a thing to the cause of these wars. All we have to
do is to trust God to be our peace and we will have it. May God bless your day
with this great peace that only He can endow you with.
God bless and go and have a great day.
cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will
be exalted in the earth.
11 The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
Oh that God would make all wars to cease. We all long for a day when we can
listen to the news and not hear about wars and rumors of war. It is being
reported this morning on a variety of news station that the Russian Jetliner
that crashed last week in the Sinai Desert was probably the victim of a bomb on
board. If that is so, Russia will like retaliate in some fashion and it won't
be pretty.
These words of David were written to portray God as the God of peace. When will
there be peace on earth? It is not likely any time soon given the current
mindset of so many. I believe that the majority of us, whether Christian or
not, just want to be left alone to live out our lives in peace. It is the few
who keep the cauldron's of war boiling.
I am not ISIS sympathizer by any stretch of the imagination but one must ask,
just where does such venom and bitterness and hatred come from. Those who are
attracted to ISIS are those that feel they have a legitimate grievance against
the world. I might also be that some see this movement as an extension of some
video game they have played on a computer. That is, it is a life game and they
want in on it. But, I believe they would be in the minority and that the
majority of those who join ISIS and other groups similar to them feel cheated or
threatened and just desire to surround themselves with some form of protection
from whatever threat they perceive to be out there. Defending themselves from
some tyrant, they become tyrants and thus, the wars continue and they seem to be
endless.
Christ is the Prince of Peace. His kingdom is the kingdom of peace. In this
world as part of the world, there is no peace. Life is a constant struggle and
there is no respite from those struggles. But, in Christ one can find a peace
that is beyond this world's comprehension. The Bible calls it a peace that
passeth understanding. For the Christian, God has broken the bow, snapped the
spear and burned the vehicles of war. We do not want to learn the ways of war
but much prefer to learn the way of peace. To know what that means all we need
to do is to study the life of Christ. His only war was against Satan and all of
the evil that he has brought into the world. He conquered him and sin on the
cross of Calvary.
We do hear of wars and rumors of wars these days. Christ said we would. But,
we do not have to contribute a thing to the cause of these wars. All we have to
do is to trust God to be our peace and we will have it. May God bless your day
with this great peace that only He can endow you with.
God bless and go and have a great day.