True Peace and Security; First Thessalonians

May the mumbling commence!

Rest, wholeness… and peace – these are things that we all desire.  We treasure them.  We seek them.  But we find it hard to change to attain them.

The wisdom of the world tells us that we already have them – rest, wholeness and peace.  We need only to buy into what the world is selling.  It will cost us more than we have… and we will still feel empty – hungry for more.

Do not be lulled into sleep by the seductive lies of this world.  Remain awake and alert to the only true source of rest, wholeness and peace.  Read from the beginning of First Thessalonians chapter five (ESV):

Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need to have anything written to you.  For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

While people are saying, "There is peace and security," then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. 

But you are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief.  For you are all children of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness.  So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober. (Verses 1-6)

Do we listen to the seductive whispers of this world?  There is peace and security for those who buy the right things and befriend the right people.  Peace and security are available to those who believe the deceptions, half-truths and lies of this old world.

People that listen are in denial.  They are asleep.  Their heads are in the sand.  Destruction will take them unawares.

As followers of the Way of Christ, we know better.  We live in the light of Christ.  We are both awake and sober.  We know that the world cannot offer us rest, wholeness and peace.  We only get these things from our heavenly Father.

So, let us approach our Lord together.  Let us wait patiently for God’s timing – which is perfect.  And let us rest and find a complete wholeness and peace from our hope in the Lord Jesus.  This is a hope that cannot fail us.

That is true peace and security for all – robbing or leaving out no one.

Enough mumbling for now…

Peace Out