ADVENT WEEK TWO: PEACE
December 12 Rev. Mike Miller
Advent Rest
Psalm 4
In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, Lord, make me dwell
in safety. Psalm 4:8 (NIV)
It seems as if true peace is rare since our world is filled with constant noise,
pressure, uncertainty, and hatred. It can be hard to feel peace as we move
through our days because we tend to pick up what others are sending out
into the world, whether it be positivity or negativity.
Often, it is in the darkness in our bedrooms that we begin to process the day.
It is in the silence of the night when we realize what we have been carrying
with us throughout the day. We can hyperfocus on all of the pressures and
problems that we feel and have encountered. And for many of us, this leads to
a feeling opposite that of peace.
But this psalm reminds me that God’s peace is not found when problems are
absent but God’s peace is found when we rest in the presence of God. And in
those moments when we rest with God, we are granted a glimpse of a life that
is full of God’s peace.
Advent invites us to reclaim that peace, the kind of peace that allows us to
rest, not because everything is perfectly calm, but because we know God is
in control. During Advent when we are busy with preparations for the season,
we too often forget to rest in the presence of God.
This Advent, may we find stillness in our hearts, even when the world around
us is loud and frantic. We can rest in the peace that God brings.
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