Part 6: Peace that Passes Understanding
In Philippians 4:6-8 verse 7 is quite famous among Christians. We believe that if we pray about our troubles, God will give us peace. But many of us have prayed, and continued to feel fear. Has God broken His promise? Or is something wrong with us? The answer is that we’ve failed to keep reading; v. 8 shows us how to crowd out fearful thoughts and experience the peace of God.
If we are the Temple where redemption happens, what is our plan to draw people to Him? The answer is to relearn an ancient, almost forgotten practice: Hospitality. In a time when loneliness is an epidemic, when few people know their neighbors, something as simple as a meal together can be the starting place for something beautiful to happen.
When our bond with God was severed by our sin, He didn’t give up on us. He made a second Eden, a place for us to meet with Him and be redeemed. That place was the Temple, and the events that happened there teach us about a God who is mighty to save, the cost of our sin, and His plans for us.
