Seeking True Peace — Morning by Morning, April 8, 2026

“Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid” (John 14:27).

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Morning by Morning, April 8, 2026 — Seeking True Peace

Good morning, Lord Jesus. I seek Your face and listen for Your leading to begin my day, as every day on my Morning by Morning journey of prayer with You—embraced by my Father, centered in Christ, and filled with Your Holy Spirit. ...

With all the world, I breathe a bit of a sigh of relief for the attempt of peace in the Middle East. I join in the agreement of prayer with all who seek the wisdom of the One who is our “Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace” (Isaiah 9:6).

Your desire is to give us Your peace, true peace, not as the world gives peace. As You said long ago, You still speak today:

“Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid” (John 14:27).

That kind of peace is not appeasement. That kind of peace is not a temporary cessation of hostilities. That kind of peace is peace that comes from the Spirit of the One abiding in the hearts and minds, changing hearts and minds, of those who truly seek You and their “Prince of Peace.”

Your peace is not passive. Your peace is not complacent. Your peace is not deceived, manipulated, or fooled. Your peace is alive and active, “living and powerful, and shaper than any two-edged sword” like the word of God that reveals “the thoughts and intents of the heart” (Hebrews 4:12).

In this way, Your true peace also carries Your “sword.” As You also said long ago and also still speak today:

“Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword” (Matthew 10:34).

You did not come to bring the pacifistic peace of the world that chooses the compromise of conscience, passivity of cowardice, unwilling and afraid to risk confrontation to injustice, persecution, tyranny, or terror. While You are “the Lamb of God who takes aways the sin of the world” (John 1:29), You’re also “the Lion of the Tribe of Judah” (Revelation). While You are “the Prince of Peace” (Isaiah 9:6), You’re also a warrior, for “The Lord is a man of war; the Lord is His name” (Exodus 15:3).

“The Lord shall go forth like a mighty man;
He shall stir up His zeal like a man of war.
He shall cry out, yes, shout aloud;
He shall prevail against His enemies” (Isaiah 42:13).

We are to seek to be like You (1 John 4:17). We are to have Your mind and heart, Your wisdom and ways (Philippians 2:5). And all of this is You, in the fullness of every dimension of Your Being. Not just one part or one way or the world’s way or the world’s view of Your way. You abound in mercy, but You are also righteous in judgment (Psalm 116:5), and “mighty in battle” (Psalm 24:8).

We will only know when to lay down our lives and our weapons and know when to stand and fight when we know the One who is our Peace in our hearts. Then we will be led by Your Spirit rather than our flesh or the spirits of this world. Then we will be led by wisdom from above rather than the wisdom of this world below (James 3:17). Then we will be followers of Christ, filled with the Spirit of Christ, standing firm in Your truth as salt and light in our world (John 10:27; Romans 8:9; Ephesians 6:11; Matthew 5:13-16). 

Not with false peace, but true peace. Not the peace of the world, but the peace of Christ:

“These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world” (John 16:33).

Yes, Lord Jesus. Only in You do we have true peace.

So I join in the agreement of prayer with all who are praying throughout the world for those in authority (1 Timothy 2:1-2). And I join in the agreement of prayer that those ruling in authority would know You and the peace of Christ that only You can give, living by the leading of the Spirit of the One who is our True Peace. May they lead with wisdom and courage, in humility and faith:

“For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do what is good, and you will have praise from the same. For he is God’s minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God’s minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil” (Romans 13:3-4).

As they say, “No Jesus; no peace. Know Jesus; know Peace.” May our leaders and rulers know You and Your peace. May we all know You and Your peace—“the peace that surpasses all understanding” (Philippians 4:7), the true peace that only You can give. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.