“The Lord will give strength to His people; The Lord will bless His people with peace.” -Psalm 29:11 (NASB)
Isn’t it interesting, how many times the word ‘peace?’ is found in God’s word? Give or take it's 400 times. The verse and version we selected for today tells us that “The Lord will give…” and “The Lord will bless…” Another version might say “May the Lord…” Both ways are affirmative promises. Comfort also comes because we receive two things we really need; strength and peace. When we are in need of strength, we are likely also in need of peace in our lives. By trusting God’s word and the promises we find here, we receive not only strength and peace, we also are comforted because we know and trust that God always fulfills the promises He makes to us. We are not left to fend off the enemy on our own – because that is a losing cause. God gives us the strength and the victory in our fight against unrighteousness. And with the victory comes the peace. Actually, we have peace even before the battle because God promised it to be so. Peace is not a shy matter in God’s Word. Today, let’s affirm the strength and peace we have from God.
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