"Peace"

Jesus has risen from the dead, it’s afternoon on Resurrection Sunday, and Jesus appears in the little room in Jerusalem where the disciples are hiding for fear of the Jews. Their lives were in chaos, and they don’t know what to do, “should we scatter and run, or stay?”. Then Jesus magically appears in the room and says, “Peace be with you!” This is a traditional greeting for the Jewish people, but there is nothing traditional about it.

Two things the disciples need more than anything, peace and to see Jesus alive again. He gave them both. Sometimes we forget the power of God's word. Jesus did not just greet them, He actually gave them peace. I mean literally. I mean He can actually make it happen. Jesus can still a raging sea just by saying, “be still”, and He can do the same with “peace”. Those disciples had peace at that very moment, and the bible says they rejoiced!

We all need peace, and Jesus is still in the business of giving it. If you need peace right now, just ask Him for it, and in faith believe it and it will be so.