John 14:27
Jesus Brings Peace
27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
Jesus says He brings a different kind of peace that is different than this world brings...It is a peace that makes us want to seek God...It is a peace that brings us close to Him, and we believe that He is the priority in our lives...It is a peace where we learn that God is very Gracious and LOVING...It is a peace that helps our hearts be less troubled and our minds more peaceful...
Author and Priest Brennan Manning said this of God, "In essence, there is only one thing God asks of us—that we be men and women of prayer, people who live close to God, people for whom God is everything and for whom God is enough...That is the root of peace...We have that peace when the gracious God is all we seek...When we start seeking something besides Him, we lose it...As Merton said in the last public address before his death, “That is his call to us—simply to be people who are content to live close to Him and to renew the kind of life in which the closeness is felt and experienced."...