The Lord is Peace

 The Lord is Peace

March 5, 2025

Judges 6:24a

24 Then Gideon built an altar there to the LORD and named it The LORD is Peace ^h7965

h7965. שָׁלוֹם shalom; completeness, soundness, welfare, peace:

Today, let us look at another name of God, The Lord is Peace (Shalom). Peace is something that we all seek, but the Hebrew Shalom is more than just an absence of conflict. Shalom is completeness, soundness, welfare and peace. Yesterday, we talked about not being anxious because the Lord would provide of everything you need. Trusting in that promise brings us peace. Resting in the promises of God brings us to a place of perfect peace where we don’t need to worry about anything.

John 14:26-27

26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all thatI said to you. 27 Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.

In John’s gospel, he records where Jesus promised to send the Holy Spirit to teach and guide us. Thus the Lord of Peace now resides within us when we receive the Holy Spirit. Jesus says this is not a peace like those in the world would have, but is a perfect peace that drives out all fear and anxiety. The world promises peace when you find a partner that makes you happy, or says you can have peace if you take the right drugs. The world’s peace is a false promise and only numbs the pain of life’s problems. When you accept the Lord’s peace into your heart, you can truly be free from the worry about all these things. It’s not that you will have no further problems, but you will have the peace that the Lord is in control and will work all these things for good in the end. So “do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.” Shalom, Shalom.  Peace upon peace.