My Peace I Give You

 

My Peace I Give You Christ’s life outwardly was one of the most troubled lives that ever lived: tempest and tumult, tumult and tempest, the waves breaking over it all the time until the worn body was laid in the grave. But the inner life was a sea of glass. The great calm was always there. At any moment you might have gone to Jesus and found rest in His presence! And even when the human bloodhounds were dogging Him in the streets of Jerusalem, He turned to His disciples and offered them, as a last legacy, “My peace.” Peace is not a hallowed feeling that comes over us in church; it is the repose of a heart set deep in God. —Drummond