“Know ye that the Lord He is God: it is He that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.” (Psalm 100:3)
Know God, know peace. No God, no peace. Peace is a choice
that rests upon allegiance to the God or god we serve. You can know who God is
yet not know Him. People who refuse to acknowledge God are without God. We belong
to one: God our Father, or the devil, the father of lies (John 8:42–44). God wants
us to know Him personally as our Creator, Father, Provider, Rescuer—in every
aspect of life because He is the Life-Giver. We know Him by His Word, experience,
recognition, observation, instruction, discipline, through nature. He made each
of us for a purpose and equipped us to achieve it for His kingdom, but apart
from Him, we cannot.
Although life’s storms may shake our faith, we know
He is God because of a personal relationship with Him through His Son, Jesus (1
John 5:20). In those storm-driven times, we look to Him and rest in His peace
that goes beyond all understanding. People who know the Lord is God, that it is
He who made us, and we are His people, the sheep of His pasture are the ones
who have true peace that comes from Jesus abiding within the lives of believers;
any other peace is counterfeit. The god of this world offers counterfeit peace.
Almighty God, our Maker, is eternal peace.
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