November 5

He is our peace.—Ephesians 2:14.

HAVE I come by faith to the Saviour, and accepted that peace which he purchased for me on the cross? Have I, through his grace, and the influence of the Holy Spirit, that sense of pardoned sin which only can give peace? Do I look for peace and comfort to any other source than to him? Knowing that he is both able and willing to forgive sin, why, if I trust him, should I not take the full comfort of the peace that he gives to his people?

Peace is put for reconciliation and love; and the peace bequeathed by Christ, is peace with God, peace with one another, and peace in our own hearts. The last seems especially meant; a tranquillity of mind arising from a sense of our justification with God.—M. HENRY.

Where the peace is that Christ gives, all the trouble and disgust of the world cannot disturb it. All outward distress to such a mind, is but as the rattling of hail upon the tiles to him who sits within the house at a sumptuous banquet.—LEIGHTON.

Quiet as the peaceful river, Quiet as the wind-hushed seas, In Jehovah trusting ever, We are kept in perfect peace. This our constant heart consoleth— So we never are afraid— That our heavenly Father ruleth, And on him our trust is stayed.