Finding Peace Through Jesus: The Prince of Peace

"Now the word peace in the Old Testament in the Hebrew is shalom. We've heard that a lot. And in the New Testament it's in the Greek. And it means to be safe, to be sound, to be healthy, to be perfect or complete. It signifies a sense of well-being and harmony both within and without or completeness wholeness, peace health, welfare, safety, soundness, tranquility prosperity, fullness, rest, harmony the absence of agitation or discord a state of calm without anxiety or stress boy that last one even alone is pretty good a state of calm without anxiety or stress but Jesus the prince of peace all of those things are encapsulated in and are accomplished as the prince of peace. He is the prince of peace." [00:02:57] (62 seconds)


"And I don't know about you but there have been many times in my life there have been times when I have gone to him sometimes in just you know in times of great as this would talk about in times of distress and I cried out to him. I said Jesus! And then because I knew I needed his help. I said Jesus! Help! I needed him because it was beyond anything I could accomplish. It was beyond anything I could take care of. It was between bigger than me. Much bigger than me." [00:03:59] (37 seconds)


"So, at times like that, I knew I had to get in touch with with God. and through his Holy Spirit and through the name of Jesus I began to pray and intercede for that thing and I remember one time I was facing something very very very dire and I was just I had prayed and it was so much bigger than I was and I really didn't see a way out and I was standing at the window and I just began to speak his name and I just I was weeping and all I could say was Jesus Jesus Jesus Jesus and I knew that that's all it took was just to be able to say his name there's power in the name of Jesus aren't you thankful for that today that there are that we may face things in our life things that we don't know what to do about or how to handle but Jesus knows and Jesus is able he is able to do the word says exceeding abundantly above what we could even begin to think or ask according to the power that's conditional see there's your condition according to the power that works within us there are some things that we need to do amen we have to have that spirit his spirit dwelling and living within us so that we can allow him to minister to us and to help us when we are in need amen and I'm thankful that I know who Jesus is today and I'm thankful for all of those things that it said that the prince that the peace means and and we could have that in our lives and so when in Luke 10 and 10 it says you know the thief cometh not but for to steal and kill and to destroy but I am come Jesus said that you might have life and have it more abundantly goats a man and how do we do that Isaiah 50 35 says but he was wounded for a transgressions he was bruised for our iniquities the chastisement at our piece was upon him and with his stripes we are healed so anything the enemy can bring against us it's not too big for Jesus it's not too big for God and we have to remember that all those things that we might have been doing in the past for us, we just have to want to witness this in the coming days. might have need of he is our answer that even these things that the enemy can bring against us that we have the power to overcome that because of who Jesus is and because of the price he paid on Calvary we can expect that we have the power and the authority because he gave it to us when he left this well he demonstrated it first of all among the his followers and his disciples and the apostles and he taught them and instructed them but when he left this earth he also told them you can do the same thing even greater than I have done now that always blows my mind because I'm thinking okay I'm just I'm just a mere mortal I'm just a regular person but Jesus said if I honor him if any of us all of us will do you what his word tells us to do, we have that power and authority to do the same thing. Amen. Now, why didn't that happen?" [00:05:48] (0 seconds)


"Well, I have my opinions about that. And I will say for myself that I know, I mean, I can't stand here and say, oh, well, you know, I have that power and authority. I know that Jesus gave it to me, but I think there are times when I'm not walking the way I need to be walking. So that power isn't available to me because I'm not in tune with God. You can't say Jesus always, there were, he constantly was in prayer with a father. He was constantly hearing the voice of God, knowing what the word, he was the word in flesh, but he, he was in touch with the father." [00:09:25] (43 seconds)


"And he said that we can do the same thing, that all the miracles that he did, he raised people from the dead. He, healed the sick. He opened blinded eyes. So sometimes we wonder why that that doesn't happen today. I wonder why it doesn't happen. But I know that for me, probably because there are some things I need to do on my own. There is a level of commitment that I have to make before the Lord. I have to walk with him in a way that is pleasing to him. And, you know, it's, he is such a wonderful God." [00:10:08] (42 seconds)


"And, you know, he doesn't require a whole lot of us. He just says, you know, read my word, study my word, know what it says, spend time in prayer with me, talk to me, communicate with me. You know, when James and I don't communicate properly, little things crop up every once in a while, you know, and so we, we got to take care of that. And most of the time, it's lack of communication. Or he'll say, he'll say, that's what I was saying. And I'll say, no, I don't know. Or I'll say, I was saying the same thing you were saying. And he'll go, no, you weren't. And I'll say, yes, I was. We were in it. We were agreeing." [00:10:50] (45 seconds)


"So when Jesus was born, that's where the what's where peace, the beginning of our peace started, Luke 2, 13 and 14. And the scripture says, and suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the, a heavenly host praising God and saying, glory to God in the highest and on earth, peace, goodwill to men. So that when the angel appeared to the shepherds and he made this announcement, there was a heavenly host that suddenly appeared in the sky and they began to sing, glory to God in the highest and on earth, peace, goodwill to men. And that was the that was the goal and the purpose. And God's plan all along was for peace to reign on the earth and for it to be all the things that he created it initially to be. But then disobedience came into the world through Adam and Eve, which totally negated what God was trying to accomplish in the in the earth." [00:13:20] (70 seconds)


"And he is depending on us to help him further the kingdom of God and to show people what true peace is that he is everything that they're searching and looking for. He is the prince of peace. And then, in John 14, 27, he said, this is before he ascended into the heavens. And he said, peace, I leave with you my peace. I give to you not as the world gives. Do I give to you? Let not your heart be troubled. Neither let it be afraid. So he was also kind of reinforcing what he had told the people he was ministering to in his disciples and in his teachings in Matthew when he said, therefore, take no. Thought saying, what shall we eat or what shall we drink or wherewith shall we be clothed for after all these things do the Gentiles seek for your heavenly father knows that you have need of all these things." [00:14:48] (64 seconds)


"But first, you need to seek the kingdom of God and his righteousness, because when we begin to pray and desire. What he has for us and we he he knows what we need and he knows what we have, what we what we want him and even gives us our want. Sometimes, you know, he does. He blesses us sometimes far beyond what we need, but he blesses us with just even things that we have said that we wanted. But I'm thankful that but that's that's a condition. Another conditional verse and statement that we need to seek. First, the kingdom. The kingdom of God, because when you do that, when you begin to seek him first and his righteousness and the things that he has for you, you know, in other scriptures in the Bible, it talks about, you know, that he would not give us anything that would harm us. You know, you know, so he is going to give us what we, you know, with what we need and to sustain us. But he wants us to seek him first because he must come first in our lives for us to. You know, you can have you can have all the money in the world. And I've even read about people who were billionaires and millionaires, but their lives were miserable because money and things and all the little expensive toys do not bring satisfaction. They do not. They do not satisfy the longing that's in our heart and our soul. Only Jesus can fill that void that is inside of us. These other things are nice if you can afford them, but that's not something that you should envy or be jealous of that other people have them or, you know, go into debt for something that you don't really need. You know, I'm saying that we use wisdom and knowledge and that we put God first and he will meet our day to day needs. He will make sure that if we are honoring him, he will give us the things that we need and provide those. And in some way through a job, through someone blessing us in some way, but he will not leave us just stranded out there with no help and no hope because there's always hope in Jesus. And while we are perhaps waiting for the answer to come, we can have the peace of God dwelling in our hearts and in our in our lives. Because God, we know that he will not. He will not fail us. We have that hope. He has never, ever, ever failed anybody." [00:16:39] (165 seconds)


"At some point, you have had to know that God provided for you, met your need when there doesn't seem to be a way. And he did it in various, various ways. He does it, but he will always come through for you and for me. He will not leave us comfortless. He will not leave us alone. He will be there for us in the darkest hour. And he will never, never, ever leave us or forsake us because he loves you. He loves you. And he paid the greatest price that anyone could ever pay. He gave his life for me and for you and for the whole world, no matter what they had done, no matter what sins they had committed." [00:19:57] (58 seconds)


"So once again, he was the prince of peace that brought harmony, that brought a way for us to be brought in and drawn in as one group with the love of God. Because of the love of Jesus and because of what Jesus did on the cross, that we are no longer separated, that we have been, but we had the opportunity to be children of God. I am, boy, I am thankful for that. I am glad that I've been grafted in. I'm glad that he adopted me. I am glad that he adopted me into the family of God. Amen." [00:33:34] (31 seconds)


"So then one, a couple more things, peace with the Lord. It's in Philippians four and six, he says, be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer, be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer, be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be known to God and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding and will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. So I want you to notice something here that when he says, be anxious for nothing. So we're not supposed to just constantly be worrying about things." [00:34:05] (30 seconds)