The Things Which Make for Peace

Luke 19:42

If you had known in this day, even you, the things which make for peace! But now they have been hidden from your eyes.

As Jesus weeped over Jerusalem, He spoke the words in Luke 19 to the Jews, who He knew would reject Him and His offer of salvation.  Because they rejected His offer, He transferred His offer to the willing Gentiles.

This principle is carried out in a different way in our daily lives.  Jesus prepares us to do His work and asks us to be obedient to His calling.  Sometimes He will give us simple urgings in the spirit to do something nice for someone, to pray for someone, to forgive someone or to ask forgiveness from someone.  Often His urging may be for a simple act to bring a smile upon the face of another.  At other times, His bidding will have much more significant impact.  Whatever He asks of us, if we accept His call, we will be given greater things to do for Him.  We will experience the peace and comfort that flows from serving Him.  If we do not accept His bidding, we will miss the peace He offers and we will miss a portion of the bigger plans that He has for our lives.  Sadly, He will move on to find the one who is willing serve Him readily.

There is nothing more satisfying than living in the peace and comfort of the Lord.  Let us not miss His peace offering as the Jews did.  If the Lord is asking us to do anything today, let us surrender to His calling.  Let us discover how simple acts of obedience bring complete peace and comfort into our lives.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, we thank You for allowing us to serve You.  We rejoice in knowing that You are pleased when we are obedient to Your urging.  We pray that You make us sensitive to the work that You call us to do.  May we find joy in even the smallest tasks.  May it all bring honor and glory to You, to Your Son and to the Holy Spirit.  We ask all these things in the name of the One that gives us peace at all times and in every way, Jesus Christ.