Living the Journey

Welcome to Day 15 of The Challenge!

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And let the peace of God rule in your hearts,
to the which also ye are called in one body;

and be ye thankful.

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Paganini, the great violinist, came out before his audience one day and made the discovery just as they ended their applause that there was something wrong with his violin. He looked at it a second and then saw that it was not his famous and valuable one. He felt paralyzed for a moment, then turned to his audience and told them there had been some mistake and he did not have his own violin. He stepped back behind the curtain thinking that it was still where he had left it, but discovered that someone had stolen his and left that old secondhand one in its place. He remained back of the curtain a moment, then came out before his audience and said:

“Ladies and Gentlemen: I will show you that the music is not in the instrument, but in the soul.” And he played as he had never played before; and out of that secondhand instrument the music poured forth until the audience was enraptured with enthusiasm and the applause almost lifted the ceiling of the building, because the man had revealed to them that music was not in the machine, but in his own soul.

The peace of God is that eternal calm which, when tested and tried, reveals to all earth and heaven that the music is not your conditions, or outside circumstances, but the music of life is in your soul. When you enter into the presence of God, you become a partaker of that undisturbed and undisturbable calm. It is the Scriptures which are used to prepare our hearts and cause us to yield to the sovereign purpose of God. The Spirit of God, through the Word of God, produces the peace of God.

“The peace of God” is to experience the inner peace of our soul, in union with Christ and through the presence of the Holy Spirit, which will at once settle every difficulty, resolve every conflict, and show us what is the will of God. When we are one with Christ, in whom God “called us with a holy calling” (II Tim. 1:9), and also one with Christians, “called in one body,” as Paul says here, there is no question as to the great power of divine peace in our lives. And when we have that peace filling our heart, praise will flow naturally to our lips. Not only in thankfulness, but also a sense of indebtedness to God for what was wrought by Him in Christ to bring about that peace.

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