Peace in a Hectic World

In the concluding chapter of his classic work on justification, The Everlasting Righteousness, Horatius Bonar describes "the holy life of the justified." His comment on the relationship between the believer's justification and the peace that should characterize his life is as relevant in today's hectic and frenzied world as it was 125 years ago: "The life of the justified should be a peaceful one. Being justified by faith, we have peace with God - the God of peace, and the God of all grace. The world's storms have not been stilled, nor our way smoothed, nor our skies brightened, nor our enemies swept away; but the peace of God has come in and taken possession of the soul. We are cheered and comforted. God is for us, and who can be against us? The name of the Lord is our strong tower; we run into it, and are safe. No evil can happen to us; no weapon that is formed against us can propser." May we as Christians take hold of this truth, and never let it go!