Jesus is our "Paid For"

"For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;" (Ephesians 2: 14)

Jesus Christ is our peace. He promised it to his disciples before He was crucified (John 14: 27)

He is the Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9: 6).

When He sat down after He died on the Cross and then ascended into heaven, He sat down and sent forth the Holy Spirit (Acts 2: 33), and with the Holy Spirit, we receive righteousness, peace, and joy (Romans 14:17)

What does "peace" mean, though? Certainly, it means calm in the midst of the storm:

"And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he [Jesus] was asleep." (Matthew 8: 24)

The word for "peace" in Hebrew is "Shalom", which includes completeness, soundness, welfare, peace. Hail, health, wealth, and welfare all.

But the root word for "Shalom" is "Shalam", which means to pay back, to make restitution, or to restore.

When Jesus died on the Cross, He restored our standing before God the Father:

"18And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; 19To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation." (2 Corinthians 5: 18-19)

Exodus 22 presents the type and shadow of Jesus as our restoration:

"If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore [shalam] five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep." (Exodus 22: 1)

and

"If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man's field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution [shalam]." (Exodus 22: 5)

and

"And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good [shalam]." (Exodus 22: 14)

Jesus is more than our calm, he is more than our welfare. He is our "paid for", in that He paid for all our sins, and He is an infinite over-payment, one who grants us ever more of His bounty and blessings.

Jesus is your "Paid For", and whatever you may need, ask of Him and you shall receive.