"You Must Personally Know the Rock Before You Can Possess the Peace of the Rock”

“You Must Personally Know the Rock Before You Can Possess the Peace of the Rock”

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
 John 14:27

There is a kind of peace that the world talks about—temporary, transient, and easily shaken. And then there’s a peace Scripture describes as deep, immovable, and anchored. A peace that doesn’t rise and fall with circumstances. A peace that does not walk with the weather. That is, if conditions in life are good, peace is dominant and delightful; however, if the conditions are not good, your peace is deficient and destitute.

We deeply desire peace that holds steady in storms. A peace that strikes the sensation that we are standing on solid ground when everything else is shifting. But that kind of peace doesn’t come from a philosophical position alone, or from soliciting and securing self-serving desires delivered by disingenuous individuals and influences. It doesn’t come from rigorous and respectful religious activity. It comes from a person—and His power and presence.

Before you can experience the peace of the Rock, you must personally know the Rock Himself.

The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.
 2 Samuel 22:47

Peace is not fixed in a feeling or endorsed and established in an emotion. It’s a relationship. Jesus didn’t say, “I give you peaceful circumstances.” Our opening text declares what our Lord Jesus said: “My peace I give to you.”

Peace is something He gives, but it springs out of who He is. You cannot receive the peace of Christ without walking with Christ. You cannot stand on the Rock without drawing near to the Rock. You cannot experience His stability while keeping Him at a distance. The peace of Jesus (the Rock) is the fruit of proximity.

Now it is important to note that knowing about the Rock is not the same as knowing the Rock. Many people admire the Lord God from afar. They respect Him. They believe He exists. They may even quote Scripture about Him. But admiration is not intimacy, and information is not relationship. Peace comes when the Rock becomes personal and not just a theological concept.

Finally, from Scripture we know that storms don’t create peace; they reveal where you stand. In Matthew 7:24–27, our Lord Jesus described two builders with two distinct foundations—one on sand, one on rock. Both experienced storms. Both faced wind, rain, and pressure. The difference wasn’t the storm. It was the foundation.
None of us are exempt from storms. And because we exist in a world that suffers and is subjugated to the Fall, we will not have to search for storms—they will find us. Storms don’t give peace. Storms expose whether you have it.

You can only experience unshakable peace when your life is built on an unshakable God.

Not a sermon—just some thoughts.
 FtGG