Weekend Devotion — God of Peace

For God is not a God of disorder but of peace. — 1 Corinthians 14:33

Paul made this statement in his letter to the church in Corinth to make a point. The original Greek word "akatastasia" means confound, confusion, instability, or tumult. The worship services there had become disorganized and their motivations had turned more self-centered than God-centered. Paul gave specific instructions to guide them back to order and peace.

Yet this statement epitomizes God's character as well. He truly is a God of peace and desires the same in the lives of his children. As unequally yoked spouses, we often find we live in frequent states of confusion and even instability. Frequently we walk a fine line between our unbelieving spouse and maintaining our faith. This is part of the territory—something we must come to accept and deal with, but thankfully not alone. Even in these situations, God desires us to have peace.

The key is to keep our lives God-centered. Then we too can have peace, even in the midst of turbulent and troubled waters. We can always find our peace in Him.

Praying and believing,
Dineen

Comments

[Vanessa]

right on and so concisely put!

[Lynn]

Dineen,

This is excellent. I have been living this of late. There is confusion and discord in our home sometimes because of our different world views.

God reminded me yesterday to stay close to Him. I realized I need to spend my morning time with Him before I turn on my computer. Ouch! It was eye-opening for me to see He wants me first before ANY OTHER distraction.

Love you.

[Peggy]

I stumbled across your site inadvertantly a week ago and wanted to make a comment than but chose to wait. Throughout that time, I have been reading your devotionals and looking around your site, clicking wherever I could to learn more. I needed this site for a long time about 20 years ago and perhaps even before that...it may have saved my unequally yoked marriage of many years. We have been separated now for over 10 years. I still pray for him and us but we remain better friends than spouses. This weekend devotion on PEACE is so excellent! And what's amazing is that I received just that word in my prayertime this last Thursday and really wasn't quite sure why?
I just started my own blog and wrote about this yesterday and today not knowing why? After reading what you wrote, I have a better understanding. My marriage was excalating to daily conflicts and turmoil which constantly left us "stressed to the max". I would recluse to my own room and seek in my inner sanctuary the peace of God, and I would feel so close and think I had an inner peace, instead of rejection, abuse and further dissension. I can see how I was at fault. I just didn't know how to cope or deal with the problem. I was told that I was the problem that we didn't have any problems in our marriage. He would isolate and I would seek refuge. My faith was never shaken but living it out as an example to the unbelieving one was very poorly done. The grace for me was to be exactly what you said Christ centered and I filled my life with all I absorb from His Word, my church life and any opportunity to grow and serve. I felt very much alone in my marital relationship with no one to relate or share this. If YOU only would have been around back then...who knows? But God has His perfect time for everything! I still appreciate YOU and learn a great deal of what should have been...I'll continue to believe and seek His Wisdom. I agreed that it was better for us to live apart than cause continual stress on our health and each other because I came to believe that I had married in rebellion and against God's plan for an equally yoked marriage so that
I was receiving the consequences for my poor choice! I just didn't know how else to make it right or start over! We even had gone to a Marriage Encounter together!
God bless you and your spouses! May God touch them as you have blessed and touched me! I pray for continual breakthroughs and victories in the spiritual realm for them!
Peggy

[Angela]

How well do I know that confusion...My life did not seem normal unless there was confusion and disarray in my marriage. Now I almost feel guilty because those things aren't present in my marriage now. Praise God for that !!!!!!! Have a great week end

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