Application of the Gospel of Peace 3 (The Victor's mentality 32)

My beloved readers, you’re welcome to today’s article. I have been sharing about the application of the peace the gospel brings—how it applies to our lives and everyday walk. In the previous articles, ai have conveyed two of them: peace in the conscience and tranquillity of the mind.

In today’s article, we’ll look at the third application: peace in circumstances and situations. 

Peace in circumstances is the manifestation of our inner peace in outward realities. There’s no way we can manifest peace in the face of difficulties and challenges when there’s no settled peace within us. Having peace in circumstances is the expression of a settled heart in an unsettled world.

Let’s look at John 16:33 to see the word of our Savior:
“These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” 

The believer shouldn’t try to look for peace in the world or anything it offers. Peace and calmness aren’t found in possessions or earthly riches. Your confidence isn’t because life is calm and everything is going well—you went to school, graduated, married, now have kids… perhaps you have cars and a good, secure job. This should be your confidence: Christ has already overcome the world.

If our confidence is in Christ, our peace won’t be reactive to what happens—it’s rooted in who we are in Christ. When situations shift, we don’t panic; we stand. Just as the shoes of the gospel of peace allow the soldier to stand firm on uneven ground, the believer stands stable amid chaos because their footing is the finished work of Christ.

One thing you must first understand: The peace of God doesn’t always change the situation first, but it will always change you inside the situation. Then you’ll see the situation eventually bow to the peace of God you’ve cultivated inside you.

Look at the example of Christ. When Jesus walked on water in the middle of the wind, He didn’t first silence the wind—He showed us that peace can walk above disturbance. When He walked on the water, the wind didn’t stop—no! Rather, His peace was weightier than the waves. True peace isn’t proven by the absence of storms but by the believer’s stability within them.

Also, when the disciples panicked in the boat, Jesus was asleep, not because He was careless, but because He was conscious of another reality: the peace He has with His Father. This peace had already been enthroned in His heart before it was spoken into the storm. That’s the same order the gospel works in us: peace is established within before it’s manifested without. Before the situation bows, your spirit must first rest in what Christ has finished. 

The reason we find it difficult to speak to circumstances is that it’s not from a heart settled in peace. Only a heart settled in peace can walk in faith.
Isaiah 26:3:
“You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.” 

Only a heart settled in peace can truly walk in faith because faith operates from rest, not unrest. Faith doesn’t strive—it trusts. Trust flourishes only where peace reigns in the heart.
Most times, before you start speaking to the situation, you need to first speak to your heart to find peace in God. When your heart is settled in Christ, then speak peace to the situation, just like Jesus did.

Brethren, prayerfully meditate on these things.

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