Tuesday, June 02, 2009

The Bullet of Peace: The Peace that Counts Most

Isaiah’s response to the loss of his leader, King Uzziah, should pave the path for our own losses of strong principled leaders! “In that year I saw the Lord!” testified Isaiah. He also confessed the reality that he was “… a man of unclean lips living in the midst of a people of unclean lips” (Is. 6:5). In other words, the world is a hopeless mess!

In memory of Anwar Sadat … the Egyptian, the humanitarian, the leader, the God fearer, the friend of Israel … let us remember two things. First, the world’s attention is increasingly focused on the Middle East. The stage is continuously being set according to Scripture, preparing that area to be the center of the climax of history. The Lord will use the most unlikely people to accomplish his purposes!

Second, even the most noble human leadership in the final analysis is inadequate to bring a final peace. Four thousand years of wars, promises, tyranny, genocide, brutality, governments and failures should prove that. We confidently await the coming from heaven of The Only Leader Who can establish, prosper and keep what all men seek!

But, while we wait for the outer Kingdom of God to be realized by all, we don’t have to wait for our own personal inner kingdom of the Messiah to begin! It is ours to see, taste and touch as we learn “our present cross.” We can still have inward peace when war, hate, foolishness and conflicts are raging outwardly. Let us make it our ambition in our deepest losses to always “see the Lord.” Jesus assures us that our quest shall be satisfied if we listen to Him, “These things I have told you so that in Me you might have peace” (John 16:33).

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the sons of God.” Matthew 5:9

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