Matthew 11:28-29
(Jesus said) Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you shall find rest for your souls.
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We live in a restless world that is filled with trials and tribulation, one that truly lacks peace. In fact it is a world that has never really known peace since Adam and Eve rebelled against God leading to Cain killing his brother Abel. The best we have seen is when there is a cease fire—basically that seems to be just a time to reload! The war goes on!
 
It may not always be about brother against brother like America's bloody civil war in the mid-1800's, or nation against nation like the World War that was raging when I was born. It may be the bitter conflict between political parties commonplace in so many “peace-loving countries” today where character assassination is the rule of the day. And don't forget the bloody religious wars that have rocked the world century after century through man's history. The players may change but the game remains the same.
 
When I was a schoolchild in the early 1950's it seems I was always being led off to a mass to pray for the troops in Korea, or jumping under my little magic wooden desk there in the New York city suburbs, practicing for the coming atomic holocaust. That certainly did not seem a far fetched idea at the time—a time when I went into the military just in time for the Cuban missile crisis that put us all on the brink of destruction. Which was then followed closely by the war—not a “conflict"—the war in Vietnam! And then there were the wars brought about by the attack on the World Trade Center in New York, and then the....It just goes on and on!

As Jesus said, ‘There will be wars and rumors of war, nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.’ {Mat.24:6-7} And now, today, if the criminals and street gangs don't get you, if the economy does not destroy your life, if a rampant disease does not kill you...well it should be obvious by now—the world does not have the answer but I come bringing good news because Jesus IS the answer!

Not only does He tell us to come to Him that we might dwell in the shelter of the Most High {Ps.91:1} but that we can have a peace right now that surpasses all understanding. {Php.4:7} Jesus conquered sin and death with His sacrifice on the cross of Calvary. All we have to do is heed His invitation as He says, "Come to Me".
 
“Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.” (John 14:27)
 
MY GOD IS THE PRINCE OF PEACE