Really? Don’t let your heart be troubled? Don’t be anxious? Don’t be fearful? Why? What is He saying that makes the difference?Īnd at the heart of the peace of God is this: “You’re going to learn to live with My very presence: not just with you, as I am now, but dwelling in you.” ©2021 Chip IngramĬhip Ingram is the CEO and teaching pastor of Living on the Edge-an international teaching and discipleship ministry. Do not let your heart be troubled, and do not be afraid” (Cf. I do not give you as the world gives you. In John 14, after He has shared the Lord’s supper with them and washed their feet, and after they’ve walked to the Mount of Olives and sung two or three psalms together, He says: “Peace I leave with you. What’s His antidote? What is He going to give them to sustain them in the kind of world they’re living in, with fear, anxiety and uncertainty, and relational issues with family and the government and brothers and sisters in Christ? They’ve experienced God’s power, but their whole world is falling apart. They’ve sacrificed everything-and He’s leaving. There’s a peace that says, “I love to get up and do what I’m called to do.”Īnd finally, shalom has the idea of victory over one’s enemies.Īnd so, on the last night, the disciples have centered their lives on His words and His life and His miracles and His teachings. When you are doing what God created you to do, there’s energy. The third aspect of shalom is success in fulfillment of purpose. But there’s a peace in your relationship, not strife. It doesn’t mean everything is wonderful it means there’s a connection-even an agreement to disagree.

The second aspect of shalom is harmony in your relationships. You are at peace in the wholeness and soundness of who you are as a complete person. It was wholeness of mind, peace of mind, peace of emotions, quietness of the body. So when Jesus said to the disciples, “My peace-my shalom-I give to you,” it was soundness (Cf. It has four basic components.įirst, it means to be complete, sound, to have wholeness of health. And so, enjoy those three-minute moments as you go through them!īut Jesus promises God’s peace, and it’s shalom. Basically, it’s those little windows of time when your circumstances and relationships happen to line up just the way you want them.

The world’s peace goes something like this: It’s the absence of disturbance and hostility, freedom from internal and external strife. The following is adapted by permission from “I Choose Peace: How to Quiet Your Heart in an Anxious World,” a seminar with Chip Ingram, held at the Billy Graham Training Center at The Cove in Asheville, North Carolina.

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