“PEACE” The Treasure of a Godly Home

While in prayer today God impressed on my Spirit this simple but greatly needed truth... What most American families need is peace. If there were ever one word that would describe what families need most across this nation it would have to be peace. Why? Well, here is my #1 reason why I know that peace is missing in many homes… DIVORCE

“Among adults who have been married, the study discovered that one-third (33%) have experienced at least one divorce. That means that among all Americans 18 years of age or older, whether they have been married or not, 25% have gone through a marital split.”  - BARNA GROUP

   Because there is a lack of peace in the home, even among Christian families, divorce is an evil that has run its coarse of turmoil and destruction in our families. Whether or not you come from a broken family you know probably dozens of people who are experiencing life living in a home with little to no peace.

   So, what can be done about this problem? How can parents restore peace into the fabric of their family culture? The only way to solve this epidemic is to restore the “Prince of Peace” who is JESUS CHRIST back to the throne of your family values! Once JESUS is in control of your family, the One who gives peace will restore and heal the need for peace in your home.

Proverbs 17:1 says, “Better a dry crust eaten in peace than a house filled with feasting - and conflict.”

   The American Culture that has invested so much time and energy into money, success, and building kingdoms of self has poisoned the American Family. There is no peace when we serve the god of “me”! That is what the wisest (and richest) man who ever walked on the earth, King Solomon, was saying by the leading of the Holy Spirit… You can have the money, material possessions, and success but if there is no peace in your home, you have nothing.

   What it boils down to is this, our priorities are way out of whack! You cannot put God, the Church, family, Bible study, prayer, tithes, and obedience to GOD on the backburner and expect blessing. What some people believe to be a blessing is actually a curse! Jesus set straight our jumbling of priorities when HE said, “No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”

(Matthew 6:24)

In John 14:27 Jesus said, “I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid.”

 

The peace that we all desire and need in our homes, in our marriages, and in our kid’s lives cannot come from the world. The peace that JESUS gives is called “the peace that passes understanding” - it is a peace that is supernatural. We will still have trouble in this life, we will have situations that will try to rob of us our peace. JESUS says, “Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33)

   If we truly desire peace within our own souls and in our family then JESUS is the ONLY WAY! We must learn to desire God’s direction above our own. Our plans will fail us and the Bible says they end in death. But God’s plan is for a future and a hope! God’s future for us is complete, total, and perfect peace. When we are in heaven we will see the PRINCE OF PEACE in all HIS glory!