Perfect Peace By Billy Graham • December 18 “Your faith has saved you. Go in peace.” —Luke 7:50, NKJV During the First World War, on Christmas Eve, the battlefield was strangely quiet. As the soft snow fell, the thoughts of the young men were of home and their families. Softly one lad began to hum “Silent Night.” Others took up the chorus until the trenches resounded with the Christmas song. When they finished they were astonished to hear the song echoing from the trenches across no-man’s-land: in their own tongue the other soldiers also sang “Silent Night.” That night they were thinking of the Prince of Peace, the Christ of Christmas. How different this world would be if we could unite together around that “Holy Infant so tender and mild.” Earth can be as Heaven with Christ. Discord can be as peace when Christ is near. Midnight gloom can be transformed into noonday brightness when He abides with us. Full peace will come only when Christ returns. But until that day we can know His peace in our hearts and can be messengers of His peace in the world as we commit our lives to Him. Hope for Today Healing and forgiveness in Scripture was often followed with Jesus’ instruction to “go in peace.” That is what Christ brought at Christmas—peace—and He is still offering it to hearts today. | ||
Q: Will we ever have peace on Earth? | ||
Devotion text from Hope for Each Day with Billy Graham, © Billy Graham, published by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Bible translation used with permission. | ||
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