Article January 4, 1969 Issue

Triumphant Peace

MARY WELLINGTON GALE

Christ Jesus understood peace. He said to his disciples, "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you";^{John 14:27;} and again, speaking of the disturbances that would come, "Then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh."^{Luke 21:28;} His promise to us today is that we may have the peace he left with mankind.

What is the Master's peace? He said, "Not as the world giveth, give I unto you." ^{John 14:27;} The world's concept of peace as defined in the dictionaries is mainly a respite from war. Their first definitions deal with the cessation of, freedom from, or absence of, war. Such peace is negative in nature. It is without presence or power of its own. This is not true of the Master's peace.

The peace of God Jesus gave the world is the dynamic, divine force of Love acting upon and through the human consciousness. This peace does not rest merely on the absence of war but upon the operation of the law of God. Neither can it be decimated by the warfare in men's hearts and minds but must ultimately annihilate that warfare, bringing to light man's inviolable relationship with God.

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