Through the decades I have come to have inner peace — a sense of joyful contentment — in my life. It hasn’t come all at once, but little by little. It hasn’t happened easily. I’ve kicked and screamed along the way, but through it all I’ve gradually surrendered more and more of my life and will to the reality, presence, and authority of the risen Jesus and felt His supernatural peace gradually growing within me.
We humans don’t need a hypothetical Jesus (2 Corinthians 11:4) who we only suppose, or a merely historical Jesus who we only remember, (Hebrews 13:8) or a rhetorical Jesus (Galatians 1:6-9) who we only talk about. We need the living, resurrected Jesus — God who became a human being to die for our sins — (John 1:14) to rule and reign as Lord and King within us. (Luke 9:23) When I let King Jesus have His way in me and mold my thoughts, feelings, opinions, and desires, He brings His energy (Acts 1:8) and changes me “from glory to glory” into His image. (2 Corinthians 3:18) The peace of Christ is truly the “peace that passes understanding.” (Philippians 4:7)
The brilliant sunrise
And the morning moon
Call me to make room
For a closer walk
With the risen Christ
So Jesus can tune
My heart to God’s will.
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