Serenity in Christ
Serenity is found in Christ, who brings peace and harmony to those who receive Him, making their lives a calm and peaceful reflection of His glory.
Mary Wilder Tileston preaches about finding harmony and peace through Christ, emphasizing that receiving Him leads to a life of equanimity, dignity, and serenity. When the soul is at peace with itself, it becomes an instrument in tune, playing heavenly music in thoughts and experiencing bliss. This inner harmony allows the soul to face calamities and pains with joy, transforming challenges into opportunities for love and blessings.
Text
Make me to go in the path of Thy commandments, for therein do I delight.
--PSALMS 119:35
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
--JOHN 14:27
THEN may Thy glorious, perfect will
Be evermore fulfilled in me,
And make my life an answering chord
Of glad, responsive harmony.
--JEAN SOPHIA PIGOTT
CHRIST is the embodied harmony of God, and he that receives Him settles into harmony with Him, "My peace I give unto you," are the Saviour's words; and this peace of Christ is the equanimity, dignity, firmness, serenity, which made His outwardly-afflicted life appear to flow in a calmness so sublime. The soul is such a nature that, no sooner is it set in peace with itself, than it becomes an instrument in tune, a living instrument, discoursing heavenly music in its thoughts, and chanting melodies of bliss, even in its dreams. We may even say, that when a soul is in this harmony, no fires of calamity, no pains of outward torment can for one moment break the sovereign spell of its joy. It will turn the fires to freshening gales, and the pains to sweet instigations of love and blessing.
--HORACE BUSHNELL
Sermon Outline
- The Source of Serenity
- Found in Christ
- A Calm and Peaceful Life
Key Quotes
“Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you.” — Mary Wilder Tileston
“My peace I give unto you,” — Mary Wilder Tileston
Application Points
- We can turn calamity and pain into freshening gales and sweet instigations of love and blessing by being in harmony with Christ.
- When we are in harmony with Christ, we become instruments in tune, discoursing heavenly music and chanting melodies of bliss.
- Christ's peace brings equanimity, dignity, firmness, and serenity to our lives, making them appear to flow in a calmness so sublime.