Thought for the Month

"LORD, you will grant us peace." (Isaiah 26:12 NLT)

"We’ll be home for Christmas." "It will be over by Christmas." That was the hope and expectation of soldiers or internees during the two world wars of the last century. Sadly some never saw home again or found those homes ruined. Others returned at last with joy, although facing emotional turmoil from what they experienced. The words given to Isaiah many years ago speak the hopes of individuals. Yet what God decrees will come to pass in due time and peace will truly arrive.

The angels at Bethlehem also gave us this expectation and promise when they said, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men." (Luke 2:14) May it be soon if God so wills!

Peace will have a chance when Satan is bound. Rev.20:1,2 speaks of an angel coming down from heaven and having a chain in order to bind him at the appointed time. Angels, otherwise known as messengers, have spoken messages of calamity as well as blessing. It is always right to consider those messages and to what time period it is speaking or if it is until another event appointed afterwards. But the plan of God will be a success.