May the mumbling commence!
When the fear melts away, we finally begin to understand
that the Lord is peace. Wholeness can
only be obtained from the Lord. Let’s make
that journey together – the journey to wholeness and peace. Read from Judges chapter six:
Gideon replied, "If you are
truly going to help me, show me a sign to prove that it is really the Lord speaking to me. Don't go away until I come back and
bring my offering to you."
The Lord
answered, "I
will stay here until you return."
Gideon hurried home. He cooked a young
goat, and with half a bushel of flour he baked some bread without yeast. Then,
carrying the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot, he brought them out and
presented them to the angel, who was under the oak tree.
The angel of God said to him, "Place the meat and the unleavened bread
on this rock, and pour the broth over it." And Gideon did as he was told. Then the angel of the Lord
touched the meat and bread with the staff in his hand, and fire flamed up from
the rock and consumed all he had brought. And the angel of the Lord disappeared.
When Gideon realized that it was the angel of the Lord, he cried out, "Sovereign
Lord, I have seen the angel of the
Lord face to face!"
"It is all right," the Lord
replied. "Do not be afraid. You will not
die." And Gideon built
an altar to the Lord there and
named it "The Lord
Is Peace." The altar remains in Ophrah in the land
of the clan of Abiezer to this day. (Verses 17-24)
Even in the midst of our trouble and strife, the Lord is
Peace. Our times may perplex us. God may intimidate us.
But it is alright.
Leave fear behind. Life is found
in God. Peace is found in God. Wholeness is found in our Creator.
Let us rest in that life, in that peace, in that
wholeness of the Lord.
Lead the way, O Lord.
And we shall follow.
Enough mumbling for now…
Peace Out
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