Where is Peace?
Why are so many unable to enter into The Rest?
Because, peace cannot be found in the family.
Or in service.
Not in Bible study. Or in giving.
No peace can be found in a solid bank account - just false security.
There seems to be an unspoken concept that there is a possibility of being shielded from heartbreak or the experience of The Battle. God has never suggested such.
We are to know the release of choosing His ways during the thick of the fray. The Spirit initiates and brings to mind what His Word says about the matter. The struggle is brought to prayer and the Christian agrees with God while before Him. The result is the mind claiming the truth of God's Word instead of the things that are so vigorous by sight. Then, there is release throughout the soul.
Peace is found only in the One who is the Prince of Peace. There must be an affirmative pursuit of Him. There must be awareness that without a dependence on Him, there is no experience of Him.
No walking by faith, no peace.
Soldier of The Cross, peace is a by-product of taking up the Cross and following hard after the Son of God.
Peace is the result of agreeing with God no matter what.