On Remembrance Sunday, it is perhaps inevitable that our thoughts turn to war and peace. Stephen spoke from Micah 4:1-5 about the peace God ultimately promises us, that day of the Lord when ‘nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore’ (Micah 4:3)
Peace treaties after wars often fail to deliver all they promise, but the warfare Christians engage in is not the same as the wars of this world. The walls of Jericho fell with no weapons. The sound of praise is our battle cry.
Our security is not found in the weapons of war (often touted as a ‘deterrent’ and thus, ironically, as our means of peace). Our security is in God who will allow us one day to sit at peace; moreoever, in this life we live, let us live for God’s glory, not our own glory. Jesus is the route to perfect peace and the one of whom the angels said ‘Glory to God and peace on earth.’