Listen to these amazing words from a great (though perhaps little known) hymn of the church:
Peace, peace, wonderful peace
Coming down from the Father above
Sweep over my spirit forever, I pray
In fathomless billows of love
Wonderful peace, by W.D. Cornell
My heart yearns for this. My body and spirit ache for this.
And it seems that I expend much energy pursuing this.
And yet the surest way to receive and walk in this peace is simply to wait in the presence of the Lord. Wait in prayer. Wait in silence. Wait in worship & singing. Wait in the busyness of life and wait in the stillness of the prayer closet. Wherever you are, whatever is going on, no matter what else beckons, stand firm and insist that in the inner chamber of your heart you wait in God’s presence.
I pray that you receive and walk in the sweet peace of the Lord, knowing His forgiveness and love!
Pastor Michael Johnson 