Peace Train
This song blows me away every time I hear it. Easily one of my favorites. Maybe it’s because ‘peace’ has become such a watered down word lately and I’m not sure we will ever see true peace this side of heaven, but I’ve been thinking about it a lot lately. ‘Peace’, not the song.
Hebrews 12:14 says, “Make every effort to live in peace with all men and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.”
That’s not an easy thing to do. Lately I have been quite literally blown away by the petty-ness of men. Men in business. Men in friendships. Men in communities. The insignificant things that so easily turn people into spiteful enemies and destroy what God has called us to do. “Make every effort to live in peace with all men.”
So what happens when it’s not up to you? What happens when you are making the ‘effort to live in peace’ and that petty-ness is turned against you? I suppose it doesn’t matter right? I suppose we are just supposed to make every effort we can to create that peace. If we are walking toward that goal it doesn’t matter if true ‘peace’ is ever achieved.
For now, I’ll hit ‘repeat’ on this song.
i really, really, love cat stevens.
this is probably one of my favorite posts ever by you.
Ride on…
I’m a little confused. I grew up listening to Cat Stevens and loved his music, but now he is Yusaf Islam and on the terror-watch list. What kind of peace is HE interested in now? I guess it all comes down to peace. What does peace mean to Yusaf now? I don’t believe it’s the same peace God is talking about, but if I don’t believe it’s the same, where am I?
It’s hard sometimes to follow God’s will. I want everyone to find the peace we can on Earth, but that petty-ness comes into our lives every day. Whether it’s a driver flipping me off for their driving or a suicide bomber in the Middle East. We see so much evil and terror in the name of peace. No wonder people get confused by the message of peace. Will we ever be on the same page? Probably not in our lifetime. It will take God’s return.
I was waiting for someone to get offended by me using Yusaf Islam (Cat Stevens) and get completely distracted by the actual point of this post.
The point was not what this guy believes peace is. The point is what we are called to do as Christians and that is to make every effort to be at peace with all men. If we aren’t doing that, we are falling short.
Thank you for this post Brody