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Prince of Peace

by Amanda Gray  
2/01/2009 / Testimonies


Have you ever had a day where everything seemed too difficult? When everything seemed to be swirling about your head? When you had so much to do that you didn't know where to start. And then you start to panic because you haven't done anything and there are not enough hours in the day to finish what you needed to do in the first place?

I have.

And when these days happen I find it hard to fight, swim or drag my way out of the swirling eddy of tasks demanding my attention.

Then things are complicated because of my health. It is fragile. It is easily defeated by what may seem to be small challenges physical, intellectual or emotional. Then confusion and stress brings me crashing down until all I can do is lie prone and sink.

Bouncing back is not easy. The trampoline of my resilience does not throw me without difficulty back into life when I have collapsed in a heap. The more I struggle to find my way back, the more I fight, the more exhausted I get and the less likely I am to bounce back.

And then I remember.

I have a God Who is the Prince of Peace. And as Isaiah acknowledged, "You will guard him and keep him in perfect and constant peace whose mind, both its inclination and its character, is stayed on You" (Isaiah 26:3a Amp)

So I cry out to God for help, for release, for an overwhelming peace. I want Him to solve my problems, cure my ills and draw me out of the whirlwind.

But His reply is, "Be still, and know that I am God" (Psalm 46:10a NIV). Like He did with Job, my God doesn't answer "why?" Like He did with Paul He doesn't remove the difficulty (2 Corinthians 12:7-9). He simply takes me into His presence and puts everything in perspective.

Like Elijah, the journey can become too great for me (1 Kings 19:7). But my God brings me to a quiet place to rest and revive, to feed and re-build until I am ready once again to live.

This may be seen as a weakness, but I am learning its value. For it is only in my weakness that I can feel the full force of His awesome, amazing strength (2 Corinthians 12:9). I am learning to say with Paul, "That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong."

I am not so inhuman that I don't rail and cry with Elijah, David, Job I am loud in my agony. Like Jacob, I wrestle with God (Genesis 32). I give release to my feelings and thoughts.

But after the wind, the fire, the wrestling, I remember surrender is the best thing. It is the only path to peace.

And once again I hear the still small voice that with powerful gentleness brings with it peace.

"Be still, and know that I am God" (Psalm 46:10a NIV).

He re-sets my priorities. He shows His strength in carrying me through.

And I am able to go on.



"To those who have been called, who are loved by God the Father and kept by Jesus Christ: Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance." (Jude 1, 2 NIV)

c Amanda Gray 2009

Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace -available as a free reprints.

Also find Amanda's children's book about bullying at ebooks.faithwriters.com (children category: "Dave is Brave"). This is inspired by David and Goliath's story in 1Sam17.

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