The Greek word for peace is eirene from the verb eiro. Eiro means “to bind or join together what is broken or divided.” The Hebrew word for peace is shalom. “Shalom comes from the root verb Shalom meaning to be complete, perfect and full. In modern Hebrew, the related word Shelem means to pay for, and Shulam means to be fully paid.”
Peace is a fruit of the Spirit that is borne by faith through grace, Galatians 5:22.
Lately in my walk, I have been growing in the understanding and knowledge of this “peace.” Christ is my peace. His is peace.
John 14:27, “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”
Ephesians 2:14-15, “For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition [between us]; Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, [even] the law of commandments [contained] in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, [so] making peace;”
This “new man” that Christ has created by resurrecting from the dead dwells in me. This “new man” did not exist prior to knowing Christ. By His faith through grace, this new man was created again in me, Galatians 4:19.
Recently, when I have gone to bed, or am in the elevator, or at my desk at work I encounter a resonating cognizance of another me in me, but it is me. Yep, I know, I’m starting to sound crazy. That’s what I was thinking until I searched the Word and found Ephesians 3:16, “That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;” I have come to realize, understand and am starting to grasp that there is an inner man who has been resurrected in me. I am persuaded the Lord allowed me to see this by grace. Ephesians 2:1 says we are “quickened.” This inner man was dead, but now is made alive in Him. If he is dead then what is there to be aware of? This is my personal experience and everyone is different. I wasn’t taking any medication or tired. To be honest, I usually was thinking about the Word. So, the next question may be, “If I think about the Word this will happen to me?” It could, but the motive is His motive and that is when it happens. I did not conjure this, but it was by His will and grace, Hebrews 2:4.
Back to peace. So, in this “new man” I have peace. Christ IS peace in me. I have His peace from the guilt, power, and penalty of sin. My inner man is new. The word “new” in the Greek means novel, never been done before, fresh, of a new kind, unprecedented, uncommon, and unheard of. This “new man” in me is all of these and more. It is Christ or God in me and me in Him.
Ephesians 3:19, “And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fullness of God.”
Ephesians 4:13, “Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ:”
Colossians 1:19, “For it pleased [the Father] that in him should all fullness dwell;”
Colossians 2:9, “For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.”
Since I have right-standing with God by faith I have peace.
Romans 5:1, “Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:”
The faith doesn’t hinge on me, but on hearing and hearing the Word of God. The ability to hear and motive to hear doesn’t hinge on me, but His grace, Ephesians 2:8.
My mind is at peace and is guarded along with my heart by His peace.
Romans 8:6, “For to be carnally minded [is] death; but to be spiritually minded [is] life and peace.”
Philippians 4:7, “And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”
I am not writing this just to quote the bible either. What I am saying is, “That my mind and heart is really at peace!” Don’t know how else to say it? Christ is very real and what He offers and gives is very real. It is more real than the air I breathe. If it wasn’t real in my life then I wouldn’t waste my time writing this stuff. This is so real to me that I can’t help but write it. Sometimes, explosions of light, truth, faith and revelation permeate inside me and I have to share. I have to because I want Paul said, “The love of God compels us.” I write or share only if the Lord leads me to do so. Christ is not going to push Himself on someone and demand their soul. There is no room for a free-will in that scenario. He says, “Come, you who are thirsty and drink.” Come because you want to not because someone told you to. According to the good pleasure of God’s will, we are His children by the Spirit of adoption and not slaves, Ephesians 1:5. A child has a choice. In Christ, we serve Him according to His will in us because we choose to do so according to faith by grace.
In Him, I am no longer fearful of the judgment of the law, other peoples’ judgment, or any self-judgment.
1 John 4:18, “There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that fears is not made perfect in love.”
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