Be Still . . .
Devotionals for Daily Living ©

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
(Galatians 1:3-5 (NIV))

Grace and peace!

What a wonderful concept! I did not fully understand how wonderful until I sat down one morning.

I have the Bible on my computer and I am capable of doing searches for words and phrases. I performed a search for "grace" and "peace" so that they must appear in the same passage together. It returned 18 different verses. What was surprising to me was the fact that all 18 verses are from the New Testament. Nowhere in the Old Testament (at least in the NIV version) are grace and peace mentioned together.

This was a concept that was not known to people before Jesus came to walk on this earth! Yet, after Jesus came to die for our sins, God gave us grace and peace through Him, and people spoke freely of this grace and peace that is from God and Jesus.

When was the last time someone gave you something that you considered precious?

Take a look at what that gift was. No matter how fantastic it may be, it cannot compare to the gift that was given to all who would receive it freely - grace and peace. Grace for the forgiveness of sins. Peace for the inner realization that your sin debt will not have to be paid by you!

Do you truly understand grace and peace?

When you see the things happening in this world, turn to Jesus.

When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, turn to Jesus.

There is no other source for true grace and peace.

Have you found true grace and peace?

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