Peace...

Is 48:18 "If only you had paid attention to my commands, your peace would have been like a river, your righteousness like the waves of the sea."

Phil 4:9 "Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me,or seen in me - put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you."

Over and over, it seems that God has been teaching me that the key to peace has to do with authority - better yet obedience. So many people hate that word obedience because they have to be in submission to something or someone. So many of us have authority issues... Why?

If I only would allow the Prince of Peace to reign over my life, peace either immediately or ultimately results. If I would pay attention and put into practice the things of the Lord, I would live in peace. Peace is not sitting by a quiet pond, but it is living in an attitude of surrender to the Lord. It is knowing His is all He says He is, and He will do all He says He will do in the midst of living in a rushing river of white-water rapids with twists and turns and tons of rocks.