Seize the Moment – Day 904

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07
Sep '22

Seize the Moment – Day 904

Posted on Sep 7, 2022 by Jerry Ingalls in Devotions, General |

07
Sep '22

Pass the Peace!

1 Chronicles 12

 

Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Wednesday, September 7.

 

I dream of peace. It feels like a pipe dream in today’s world, but, nonetheless, I pray for it, and I prioritize working to fulfill the angelic proclamation that accompanied the birth of the Son of David, the Messiah,
 
“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among men with whom He is pleased” (Luke 2:14).

 

David dreamed of peace, too! Even though David was a military man responsible for an estimated 140,000 deaths during his life,[1] David worked for peace. David knew that peace would come by unifying the twelve tribes of Israel, and he was working to accomplish this goal in 1 Chronicles 12:23-37, summarized in verse 38,
 
“All these, being men of war who could draw up in battle formation, came to Hebron with a perfect heart to make David king over all Israel; and all the rest also of Israel were of one mind to make David king.”

 

To illustrate God’s direct involvement in this process, the Chronicler references the work of the Spirit to gather the people to David (18). It is the Holy Spirit who brings peace to the nations through God’s salvation (Isaiah 9:6-7). The Spirit works through the people to pass the peace until all people are brought under God’s banner of love (Song of Solomon 2:4) through faith in Jesus Christ (Philippians 2:9-11).

 

Illustratively, David’s army is described in verse 22 as being “like the army of God,” which means we are rescued from our own agendas (made free by the Spirit as Paul states in 2 Corinthians 3:17) and unified as good soldiers of Jesus Christ (2 Timothy 2:3-4), under the authority of the One who brought God’s peace to the world (John 14:27; 16:33; Romans 5:1). You have been saved for a peace-making mission!

 

Seize the moment and pass the peace – “let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body; and be thankful” (Colossians 3:15).

God bless you!

 

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FOOTNOTES:

 

[1] John Goldingay, 1 and 2 Chronicles for Everyone, Old Testament for Everyone (Louisville, KY; London: Westminster John Knox Press; Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 2012), 30.

 

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