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Made for More Peace

Peace is a “state of being”Break down the fact that this culture and the things of cannot/will not bring us peaceIf we trust in money/things and we don’t have it our state of being will turn into stress and our actions will follow suit. Money/things will never satisfy. It may help us for a minute but money cannot be there for us to comfort us or to love us.If we trust in our family/friends and are at odds with our state of being will be turmoil and our actions will follow suit.All of the things above makes our state of being contingent on what we have or how things are going.If we put our trust in anything other than Jesus our ‘state of being’ will be blown around like the wind blows the grass of the field.We will be tossed and blown about if we take root in anything we’re not supposed to (kids, spouse, men, women, social media, money, things, nature) we will be blown away like the grass.Jas 1:11 says, it will die. Everything will die. We know money is a false comfort b/c it helps us for a little bit but we know it wont help us in eternity.

James 1

I wanted the next best thing (iPhone, watch, etc.)

I wasn’t satisfied until I got it.

What is it for you?Relationships?Babies?401K?Job?Climbing the ladder?Vacation

We have an insatiable appitite.

But if it’s misplaced like mine was it will lead to [destruction]. My wife being frustrated b/c I would do wahtever I could to get them.I would scheme ( i would get real creative) WE will all die. The only thing that will save us is J.C.Not money, relationships, etc. (These are just a few blessings that God gives us sometimes)- Paul had a lot of money and he had none.

Jas 1:9-11

We are all on the same page. How can we possibly have peace knowing that every breath we breathe leads us one step closer to death...B/c we trust in a savior that has defeated sin/death. (Can money do that?)

Where our life takes root determines our state of being.

What we trust is where our PEACE comes from.

Grass will not grow on concrete, it will not grow in plastic. It will only grow in good soil. Why? B/c it is able to take root and gain nutrients from the soil. *And actually with good soil it can grow through concrete or plastic.

True lasting peace comes when we root our lives, our trust in the thing that will nourish our souls.That is Jesus Christ.

This past week, tuesday was amazing. The next day, Wednesday was awful.

So I asked myself why, what changed?

It was b/c tuesday I had started the day by saying Jesus I am trusting you with everything. Whatever comes my way is not as important as my taking time to reside in you.

Wednesday I didnt get that time. I got up late, I had a few things to do early so I didn’t have my time of prayer or scripture. I was focused on physical things (purchasing someting, permitting). And my whole day I was more suceptible to the worries of this world. And I’m not even a worrier!

So why didn’t I have peace? B/c I allowed my roots to stem from the things of this world.

We have to understand (find) it, be about it, give it.