Peace, Please

Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Romans 5:1

True peace gives not only a calm exterior but a very quiet inside as well. Peace seems to be an elusive quality that everyone chases after and few people find. Romans 5:1 says, “Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God.” What does that mean? Is God my enemy? Have I been at war with God? God is holy and humans are sinful. They are on different sides. As creatures apart from God, we are at enmity with God.

But the Bible says God provided Jesus Christ that we might have peace with God. I see that picture so beautifully illustrated by the cross itself. Pointing up to heaven, it pictures that Jesus Christ, the God-man, reached up and took the hand of the Father. Pointing down toward earth, it pictures that Jesus Christ, the Son of man, reached down and took hold of fallen human beings. With one hand in the hand of God and the other hand in the hand of man, the only unique personality who was God and man brought the two together and made peace between God and man. He is our peace. He is the Prince of Peace because He is the One who solved the enmity between us and God. Accept Him and you have peace with God.