Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Luke 10:4-7
Carry no moneybag, no knapsack, no sandals, and greet no one on the road. Whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace be to this house!’ And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest upon him. But if not, it will return to you. And remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they provide, for the laborer deserves his wages. Do not go from house to house. (ESV)
by Paula Davis
If we offer peace to someone and they reject it, we should not take it personally, nor should we let their rejections affect the peacefulness of our countenance. The peace of God is one of the wonders people see when they look at children of God. When non-Christians are tormented or lack peace in their own lives, the peace that Christians have baffles them. Only the peace of God can change the atmosphere in a room, comfort someone when there are no words, and show people a side of God they can never see if we do not allow the peace of God to reign within us.
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Daily Bible Meditations are taken from The Helping Hand,a Sabbath School student quarterly for youth and adults. Copyright © 2008, Seventh Day Baptist Board of Christian Education, Inc.
Scripture quotations marked "ESV" are taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Text provided by the Crossway Bibles Web Service .
