Matthew 5:9

Matthew 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for the shall be called sons of God.      

Peace is not the same as passivity, a passive heart can easily be filled with hate, with envy, with all sorts of evil, the peace talked about here could well be described as; the tranquil state of a soul assured of its salvation through Christ, and so fearing nothing from God and content with its earthly lot, of whatsoever sort that is. Being a peacemaker doesn’t mean keeping the peace at all costs, peace does not coexist with sin, and Jesus showed us this when being running out the moneychangers from God’s temple. Isaiah 57:20-21 But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. “There is no peace,” Says my God, “for the wicked.” Peace is not a compromising with sin, but rather having a right relationship with God. The work that Christ did here on earth, the death he died on the cross, the resurrection after 3 days, these were all done so that we could have peace with God. Ephesians 6:15 and having your feet shod with the preparation of the Gospel of peace. Isaiah 52:7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who proclaims peace, who brings glad tidings of good thing, who proclaims salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”

Application- To daily put on the armor of God, and to continually remember that to be a peacemaker I have to be constantly filled with by the Holy Spirit whose fruit is peace.