Today’s Verse
“And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
Philippians 4:7
Peace Is a Person
Some days I wake up and my mind is already racing. The worries start before my feet hit the floor. The mental checklist. The thing I said yesterday that I wish I could take back. The conversation I’m dreading today. The problem I don’t know how to fix. And I’m already anxious before the day has even begun.
I keep thinking if I could just get everything under control, if I could fix this situation, resolve that conflict, make sure everything goes according to plan, then I’d finally have peace. But it never works that way. Even when things go right, there’s always something else waiting to unsettle me.
Jesus said something that changes everything: “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives.” The world’s peace is conditional. It depends on everything going right. But His peace? It’s different. It doesn’t require perfect circumstances. It doesn’t evaporate when life gets hard. Because it’s not based on what’s happening around me, it’s rooted in who is with me.
Peace isn’t something I find. It’s Someone I abide in. When I have Jesus, I have peace, not because He removes every difficulty, but because His presence is steady when everything else isn’t.
Today will bring moments that threaten to steal my peace. And in those moments, I have a choice: chase the illusion of control, or turn to the One who is my peace. I’m learning to do this in real time. The instant I feel peace slipping, I breathe His name. I remember His presence. I let Him calm what’s rising within me.
Today, I don’t need everything to go smoothly. I just need Him. Because He is my peace.
Today’s Prayer
Lord, be my peace today, in every moment, in every interaction, in every circumstance that threatens to steal my calm.
I don’t just need peace, I need You, because You are peace, and only Your presence can bring the stillness my soul is craving.
Teach me that peace isn’t something I find but Someone I abide in, that when I have You, I have everything I need to stay steady.
Today will bring challenges, unexpected moments, things that provoke anxiety, and I need You to be my anchor, my center, my unshakeable foundation.
Help me turn to You the instant I feel peace slipping, to breathe Your name, to remember Your presence, to let You calm the turbulence rising within me.
Remind me that You have overcome the world, that nothing I face today is outside Your control, that I can have peace because You are sovereign over it all.
Give me a supernatural calm that doesn’t make sense given my circumstances, a peace that guards my heart and mind, a serenity that can only come from You.
Let me walk through this day with You as my peace, steady and secure, not because everything goes smoothly but because You are with me every step of the way.
Amen.
Art print
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