Reminded

Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good behaviour his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom. But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth. This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, natural, demonic. For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing. But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy. And the seed whose fruit is righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.  James 3:13-18 NASB

Being a peacemaker is to not hide from conflict - but instead ask Holy Spirit to teach you how to live like Jesus, to create peace in a turbulent era. 

I get a sense from Holy Spirit that Peacemakers actively pursue peace but we all too often can be the stick in the wheel spoke that disrupts Holy Spirit’s flow through us and presence among us. 

A peacemaker, from a Biblical perspective, is one who is actively trying to reconcile people to God and to one another. Again, there is that word actively.  It’s about helping people reconcile broken relations among themselves, and more importantly, with God.

When Holy Spirit reminded me as I was working on this weeks sermon to walk out a purpose He placed on me -  as peacemaker. 

Peacemakers cannot create peace among others if we do not first start with peace in our own hearts. How are we to calm wars and tempers or reconcile with another if we have battles raging inside? if we desire to create peace among others we must find it in Christ alone first. 

We surrender to Jesus and let His peace fill us.