Serenity and Peace

Have you ever felt tired or lost in pursuit of security, better life, higher position in life, financial security? Felt like giving up or lost in life's cruel battle, having lost all the peace and tired of this rat race?. Friends there is peace, hope and serenity waiting right at your door, have you ever took note of that? Read what Job has to say for us.

Job 28:1-11
"People know how to mine silver and refine gold. 2They know how to dig iron from the earth and smelt copper from stone. 3They know how to put light into darkness and explore the farthest, darkest regions of the earth as they search for ore. 4They sink a mine shaft into the earth far from where anyone lives. They descend on ropes, swinging back and forth. 5Bread comes from the earth, but below the surface the earth is melted as by fire. 6"People know how to find sapphires and gold dust-- 7treasures that no bird of prey can see, no falcon's eye observe-- 8for they are deep within the mines. No wild animal has ever walked upon those treasures; no lion has set his paw there. 9People know how to tear apart flinty rocks and overturn the roots of mountains. 10They cut tunnels in the rocks and uncover precious stones. 11They dam up the trickling streams and bring to light the hidden treasures."

Sounds familiar even to this day isn't it?. God endowed man dominion over all his creation out of his love. But we are lost in pursuit of life in all different directions. Today humanbeings can explore stars, develop weapons of mass destruction, invent new technologies, different ways of entertainment and so on and so forth. But wait for a minute and ask this question:

• But does man find peace, serenity, security in any of these?
• But does man find enduring satisfaction, courage to face the unknown future( that often pops up like is there God? )

Job 28:12-28
12"But do people know where to find wisdom? Where can they find understanding? 13No one knows where to find it, for it is not found among the living. 14`It is not here,' says the ocean. `Nor is it here,' says the sea. 15"It cannot be bought for gold or silver. 16Its value is greater than all the gold of Ophir, greater than precious onyx stone or sapphires. 17Wisdom is far more valuable than gold and crystal. It cannot be purchased with jewels mounted in fine gold. 18Coral and valuable rock crystal are worthless in trying to get it. The price of wisdom is far above pearls. 19Topaz from Ethiopia[1] cannot be exchanged for it. Its value is greater than the purest gold. 20"But do people know where to find wisdom? Where can they find understanding? 21For it is hidden from the eyes of all humanity. Even the sharp-eyed birds in the sky cannot discover it. 22But Destruction and Death say, `We have heard a rumor of where wisdom can be found.' 23"God surely knows where it can be found, 24for he looks throughout the whole earth, under all the heavens. 25He made the winds blow and determined how much rain should fall. 26He made the laws of the rain and prepared a path for the lightning. 27Then, when he had done all this, he saw wisdom and measured it. He established it and examined it thoroughly. 28And this is what he says to all humanity: `The fear of the Lord is true wisdom; to forsake evil is real understanding.' "

True wisdom of God gives peace. True understanding gives serenity and assurance of eternity. Just imagine the peace you get knowing that the loving Almighty God will control your life if you submit to him. As God's word says in Psalm 91 " For He will give his angles charge over thee to keep thee in all thy ways, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone and fall"

My friend if you are wandering in life, avoiding God you are only deceiving yourself. You may try to fill your life with other Godless activities, but the real question still haunts you and you know the truth that there is God and you are going to face him one day. Submit to Almighty God, repent and ask for forgiveness for ignoring him, accept his son Jesus Christ as your personal savior. He will come into your life, give you peace, joy, contentment and encouragement like none to compare.