We Have Peace With God, So Rest!

"Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

"By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God." (Romans 5: 1-2)

You have peace with God right now. We enjoy this peace in our life when we walk in the Spirit (Galatians 5: 16), for the fruit of the Spirit starts off with love, joy, and peace. (Galatians 5: 22-23)

In fact, Christ Himself is our peace (Ephesians 2: 14)

Peace means the cessation of trouble and condemnation, for there is no condemnation in Christ Jesus (Romans 8: 1).

His peace now rules in us, like an umpire, one who imparts to us when to do something, and when not to (Colossians 3: 15)

"Peace" communicates that in Christ we have all things:

"Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;

"Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;

"And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's." (1 Corinthians 3: 21-23)

We are called not to get, but to receive by faith:

"Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief." (Hebrews 4: 11)

This includes the peace, provision, and prosperity accorded to us in Christ Jesus.