Perfect peace. [ Philippians 4 v4-9]

As I said yesterday there are two types of peace,[a] Peace with God.[b]The peace of God.Let us consider the latter,D.A.Carson writes ,''The world is powerless to give peace.There is sufficient hatred, selfishness,bitterness ,
malice,anxiety and fear that every attempt at peace is rapidly swamped.'' So
here is what John 14 v27 says,''Peace I leave with you'',Jesus did not leave
us a promise of wealth,even perfect health,but that which we need so very much,peace.Then Jesus says,''my peace I give unto you'',He is the source and the giver of true peace.Next Jesus says,''I do not give to you as the world gives,''W.Barclay  wrote the following,''The peace which the world offers us is the peace of escape,the peace which comes from the avoidance of trouble,the peace,the peace which comes from refusing to face things''He
goes unto write,''The peace which Jesus offers us is the peace of conquest.
It is the peace which no experience in life can take from us. It is the peace
which no sorrow,no danger,no suffering can make less.It is the peace which
is independent of outward circumstances''
                                              A  prayer.
                            Drop Thy still dews of quietness
                            till all our strivings cease;
                            take from our souls the strain and stress,
                            and let our ordered lives confess
                            the beauty of  Thy peace

                            Breathe through the heats of our desire
                            Thy coolness and Thy balm;
                            let sense be dumb,let flesh retire;
                            speak through the earthquake,wind, and fire,
                            O still small voice of calm.
                                     In Jesus name Amen.
                               [Words by J.G.Whittier ]