Blessed with Peace

Daily Reading: Amos 6, 7 & 8, Psalm 29, 59, 89, 119:153-176

Psalm 29:11 "The Lord will give strength unto his people; the Lord will bless his people with peace."

The Lord will. I know that we can walk in His strength daily and have His peace at all times, but this morning as I read this it stood out to me that both gifts are promised in the future. He will give it, says to me that at the moment I don't have it. I think this promise is for that extra level of strength and peace that we need at times. The previous verse says that the Lord sitteth upon the flood. I think He's saying that during hard times...when the water rises...not only will we have the strength and peace that gets us through each day, but He will give us an extra measure. Inner strength to handle the floods as they come with faith and confidence and an immersion of peace that allows us to think and act with clarity and Godly wisdom.

Psalm 119:165 "Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them."

Daily peace, great daily peace comes from loving the law. How do you love the law? By understanding it. Recognizing the truth and the intent of it's source and knowing how beneficial it is to live under it's protection. People who love the law not only have great peace, they also have the advantage of never being offended. Nothing shall offend them. How cool is that? Political correctness has no place to roost in the heart of one who cannot be offended. Does it make sense then to say that people who are easily offended do not love the law? I think so. People who break easily haven't placed themselves under truth. Truth protects and law guides. People who offend easily are wandering. They have no desire for truth because it may cause them to feel conviction or the need to change. The law should be flexible they say...what if it hurts someone. The law should be changed because it excludes some and exalts others. I say emphatically NO. Learning to love the law and the creator of the law has freed me to understand that "the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin." (Romans 7:14) I concede that the law is good and I can only be guided by it's goodness. When I fail I am corrected by the law and loved by the lawmaker. He is my ultimate protection. He is my judge and my jury. He alone causes me to see the merits of the law and therefore understand that I can never be offended. When I know that the one who set the law in place loves me more than the law...I can love the law and never be offended. This is a great peace.