Psalm 119:165 (NKJV)
165 Great peace have those who love Your law, And nothing
causes them to stumble.
Nothing shall offend them; nothing shall be a scandal,
snare, or stumbling-block, to them, to entangle them either in guilt or grief.
No event of providence shall be either an invincible temptation or an
intolerable affliction to them, but their love to the word of God shall enable
them both to hold fast their integrity and to preserve their tranquility. They
will make the best of that which is, and not quarrel with any thing that God
does. Nothing shall offend or hurt them, for every thing shall work for good to
them, and therefore shall please them, and they shall reconcile themselves to
it. [Matthew Henry Commentary]
Anne Morrow wrote, I want first of all ... to be at peace
with myself. I want a singleness of eye, a purity of intention, a central core
to my life that will enable me to carry out these obligations and activities as
well as I can. I want, in fact--to borrow the language of the saints--to live
"in grace" as much of the time as possible. I am not using this term
in a strictly theological sense. By grace I mean an inner harmony, essentially
spiritual, which can be translated into outward harmony. I am seeking perhaps
what Socrates asked for in the prayer from the Phaedrus, when he said,
"May the outward and inward man be one." I would like to achieve a
state of inner spiritual grace from which I could function and give as I was
meant to in the eye of God. [Anne Morrow Lindbergh in Gift from the Sea.
Leadership, Vol. 13, no. 2.]
The love of God’s word can bring peace into a person’s
life and keep them from stumbling. It is important to know peace so peace can
grow inside a person’s soul and become apparent and external to others so they
may know peace too.
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