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.