The Jesus Peace

For thousands of years the human race has sought peace only to find it constantly escaping into conflict and violence.  The Pax Romana was the result of discipline and enforcement of power, but it too crumbled.  
We all seek peace as we begin each day but find that the refrigerator has broken down during the night, or the car won't start.  Of course, there's the heavy traffic we didn't anticipate...The calm of the first moments of morning can easily vanish.
Yet, Jesus wishes us to have peace:  "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you.  Not as the world gives do I give it to you." (Jn 14: 27-28).  That is the secret...it's the Jesus Peace, not mine or any president's or general's.  True and lasting peace comes from Jesus.  That's why it's imperative to spend time in quiet peace with him and let it soak into the depths of our being.  When, in the course of the day, we become annoyed or agitated...it's time to stop and BE with Jesus...Peace will return.
Bro. Rene