Peace With God

Peace With God

Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have a peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ…

Romans 5:1

How may I have peace with God? This is certainly a worthwhile question. It raises several other considerations. The first of these is that God exists. The second consideration is that I may be at peace with Him, or at odds with Him. The third consideration is, what prevents me from being at peace with Him versus being at odds with Him? The fourth thought is, what or who can remove these obstacles to peace with God? The first three chapters of Romans details the obstacles to our having peace with God. They treat the subject of our breaking of the law of God by nature and by choice. The conclusion of these chapters is that there is no peace with God apart from Christ. Our text summarizes how we may have peace with God. First, it is, ‘through our Lord Jesus Christ.’ As Christ declared, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.’ Second, it involves justification, that is, that God ‘accepts us as righteousness in His sight, only for the righteousness of Christ, imputed to us….’ Third, it comes by faith. This faith is ‘the gift of God.’ If we have it, we can take no credit for it, but we can be overwhelmingly grateful that He has given it to us. Today, let us spend some time dwelling upon this peace which we have because of Christ. Let us dwell upon the ground of it, and contemplate the implications of it. Let us, most of all, be grateful for it, and for Him, Who has brought it to be.

Our most Gracious and Kind God,
we rejoice that You have made the way for us to have peace with You.
We rejoice in Christ, Who is the Way,
and that He is the Prince of Peace.

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning