Lord, what are we to do when we can’t find any peace of mind?

Lord, what are we to do when we can’t find any peace of mind?

Where are we to look? Are we to look inside of ourselves? Is that where we’ll find peace? Is there an inner peace – if we look deep enough, we’ll find it?

Jesus says something very different. He says, “My peace I give to you” (John 14:27).

Peace is His gift to us. It’s not something that’s already there in our hearts – if we look deep enough we’ll find it. It’s something that has to be given to us. We have to receive it from Jesus.

Inner peace, peace of mind – All of this seems to be so much about ourselves: if you look deep enough, you’ll find it!

What does all this have to do with You, Lord? – Nothing at all! It’s all to do with ourselves. It’s all about self-discovery.

Lord, teach us Your way of peace. Show us that real peace is peace with You. Show us that this peace comes to us “through faith in our Lord Jesus Christ” (Romans 5:1).

We can’t escape from our sin. It follows us everywhere we go.

Lord, when we come to You, You speak to us wonderful words of love, wonderful words of forgiveness, wonderful words of cleansing.

You say to us, “the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses you from all sin” (1 John 1:7). We worship You. We bring our praise to You. We sing to You, “Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven, who like me His praise should sing?” Lord, lead us to the Cross. Lead us to Jesus – and may He lead us out of the emptiness of our life without Him and into His fullness: “a life made up of praise in every part.”