“And Joseph answered
Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.” -
Genesis 41:16
Life is filled with uncertainty. Every new day brings new challenges, new
questions, and more uncertainty. With
all the questions and concerns that life brings, I ask you, has this world ever
been able to give you an answer of peace?
Many of us have this world’s knowledge at our fingertips; Google gets
over a billion queries a day. There is a
constant felling of lack, which produces a want for more; as it says in the
book of Haggi: “6 Ye have sown much, and
bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled
with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages
earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.” There are plenty of questions out there, and
plenty more answers, but none from the world can offer an answer of peace.
We are all born into this world with enmity between us and
God. There is always warfare going on
internally; while we are in the flesh. Preachers
will tell you that this warfare will continue until you die, they will tell you
that there is no peace within. This is a
lie; the scripture says “Thou wilt keep
him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in
thee.” (Isaiah 26:3) When the Word
talks about being in the flesh, it is saying that your spiritual man is in the
flesh; this is to say “in sin” or “in carnality”; basically you are bent to sin
and thereby separated from God. There
are those who spend their whole lives in this state of sinfulness trying to numb
their feeling of separation from God; by various endeavors. However, “there
is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.” (Isaiah 57:21) This is because
in man’s search for answers to questions of uncertainty they can find no answer
of peace, because only God can give an answer of peace. You cannot find reconciliation and redemption
anywhere but in God and through Christ.
No matter how popular the attraction, how gratifying the love affair,
how intense the rush; no matter what it is, or where it is coming from; if not
from God, then there will be no answer of peace. We were separated from God so we must be
reconciled to God, only then will we find true peace. Jesus told us that “my peace I give unto, and not as the world giveth.” (John 14:27)
He was speaking of a day when the Comforter would come, and abide in
the heart of the converted. This Holy
Ghost would give us an abiding peace.
Stop and imagine for me, if you will, a harsh, rugged, snow
covered mountain side; barren, dark, and cold.
On it sits a small log cabin, with two square windows on the front side
and a big, heavy, wooden front door; shut and locked. Inside the cabin through the front windows
you can see a man nestled into a comfy chair, with a warm blanket draped over
his body. He is seated close to a
roaring fire, with a hot mug of coco in his hand, gazing introspectively at the
fire, and glad for shelter from the cold blizzard outside……….This is the peace
of God to the sanctified soul. It is a
glorious resting place, in the fellowship of Jesus Christ. Outside the world swirls and blows; no life
can be found, no comfort, no peace.
However, inside the fellowship of Jesus Christ, gloriously resting in
His Spirit; we find peace, contentment, and comfort. This place cannot be found through the
answers of man, but only through God and his Son Jesus Christ.
