Isaiah 54:10 (NIV)
Though the mountains be shaken
and the hills
be removed,
yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken
nor my covenant
of peace be removed,”
says the Lord,
who has compassion on you.
There once was a King who offered a prize to the artist
who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists tried. The King looked
at all the pictures, but there were only two he really liked and he had to
choose between them.
One picture was of a calm lake. The lake was a perfect
mirror for peaceful towering mountains were all around it. Overhead was a blue
sky with fluffy white clouds. All who saw this picture thought that it was a
perfect picture of peace.
The other picture had mountains too. But these were
rugged and bare. Above was an angry sky from which rain fell, and in which
lightening played. Down the side of the mountain tumbled a foaming waterfall.
This did not look peaceful at all. But when the King looked, he saw behind the
waterfall a tiny bush growing in a crack in the rock. In the bush a mother bird
had built her nest. There, in the midst of the rush of angry water, sat the
mother bird on her nest ........... perfect peace.
Which picture do you think won the prize?
The King chose the second picture, "because,"
explained the King, "peace does not mean to be in a place where there is
no noise, trouble, or hard work. Peace means to be in the midst of all those
things and still be calm in your heart. That is the real meaning of
peace." That peace can only come while we trust in God fully.
Dear Lord, we thank You for the peace we can have with
You. Help us completely put our trust in
You so that we can rest fully in the peace only You can give. In Jesus’ Name,
Amen.
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