IT’S A GIFT

READING: GALATIANS 5:16-26

Verse 22: “But the fruit of the Spirit is love joy, peace, longsuffering kindness, goodness, faithfulness,”

The Bible establishes that God is the giver of peace to His people. God gives peace as the Father, as the Son and as the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit comes forth as peace giver in one of our best known  passages of scripture, Galatians 5:22. In this verse the Holy Spirit dispenses peace as fruit of the Spirit. The blessing of this fruit is presented to Christians as godly provision that saves us from practicing the works of the flesh. Through the fruit of the Spirit, the Holy Spirit joins the Father and Son (as will be addressed in other readings) as faithful givers of peace to the people of God. For those who are most assured by a direct statement of God’s intent regarding the gift of peace, the Bible accomodates this desire. It does so in Psalm 29:11 which makes the outright statement  that the Lord will bless His people with peace. That’s a thought – about God’s Word.

RESPONSE

1. What would you say to someone who believes in peace from sources other than our God?

2. What is one way that peace operates to bless us?