Finding Perfect Peace in Life's Imperfect Circumstances

So, what causes us to think God’s peace equals perfection on earth? Our expectations. I read where a pastor once said, “If I’m going to live at peace, I’ve got to surrender my expectation of perfection. Peace isn’t found in a place or in a set of circumstances that are problem free.” Amen, huh?While earth is our home, we will have hardship and difficulties. We’ll go through seasons where the pain is intense because pain accompanies struggling relationships, struggling economies, and struggling health crises. These outside pressures don’t have the power to take away God’s perfect peace through Jesus Christ. God doesn’t deliver you from it, He meets us in it. Dig? Read that again…He meets us in our deepest time of need with an unexplainable, unfathomable, and inexplicable peace. This peace of God is unrivaled, and it’s beyond compare. No one or nothing is even in the same class as this perfect, mysterious peace. Even though it’s beyond our comprehension, we know when we have God’s peace and we know when we don’t. God doesn’t always take us out of our valleys, but He will always bring us through them. It’s usually the time of uncertainty that God shows us the most powerful revelations about who He is and who we are. We can still trust and rest in God during life’s challenges and exhibit faith during our own situations. It’s this kind of faith that pleases our God. “I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world."John 16:33 Be Nice, Grace Wins