Not feeling much of a sense of peace as you deal with the flying public? Wondering why, as a believer, you don’t have it? Some things take time.
A powerfully felt manifestation of God’s peace may not come until years into our Christian experience.
For some of us periods of knowing “the peace that passes understanding” may be few and far between, especially in the early days of our faith. When, after a long period of perseverance in belief, we finally begin to know the serenity of a heart progressively surrendered to Christ it may initially even feel unnatural. After all, if much of our Christian lives have been marked by long stretches of tumult it may seem that real, enduring peace is too good to be true!
We might even find ourselves resisting it and retreating into the “unease” to which we are accustomed (but it’s much better to resist that unease!)
And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:7 (ESV)
