Down in my heart to stay

(I’m sorry if I just got a song in your head with that title!)

Peace can’t come from other people. It can’t come from inside yourself either. True peace is so much more than the world knows. The world would define peace as feeling content and happy with your life, getting along with other people, or having everything you want. My true need is having peace with God, and a removal of His righteous anger for my sin. That need has already been met through Christ’s death on the cross as the penalty for my sin. This brings a peace that I can rejoice in daily as God’s child. If I’m looking for contentment, satisfaction, and hope in other people, or in my own heart, I will never be fulfilled. If I rest in the peace that Christ has already accomplished for me, my heart finds its true home.