Daily Devotional - Possibilities: The Garden of the Heart - Week 27 - Day 180 - 6/29/26 - “The Peacemaker”

Author: Evangelist Jamie Hoffman

“The Peacemaker”
Scripture: James 3:18, NIV
 
“Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.”

Devotion:
Disagreements, conflict, and arguments cause division and isolation. They are tricks the enemy used to keep friends, families, churches, countries, governments, etc. from uniting in love and peace. If you look around at what you see in today’s society, it is apparent that the love of man has waxed cold. But God! God’s love is never cold nor lacking. God is love! It is important that we, the children of God, make sure that we sow peace and not confusion. What we plant is what we reap. If we are planting confusion, we are going to reap confusion. If we plant love, then we will reap love. We live in a time where divisiveness, hatred, the “me mentality” and petty disagreements cost lives each day. However, God has called us to be the example of His peace on earth.

If we want to reap righteousness, then we have to sow peace. As God's children, we should not match energy or allow our emotions and feelings to guide us. Instead, the Holy Spirit should lead and guide us. We must exemplify the Fruit of the Spirit in our daily lives. Guess what? Peace is one of the key components of the Fruit of the Spirit. God is calling us to die to being so easily offended and emotionally immature and live to be His peacemakers on this earth! Are you sowing peace in your home, on your job, in your community, in your church?

Prayer:
Lord, help me be a persistent sower of Your peace. Lead, guide, and order my steps in Your will for my life. Help me rebuke confusion and division and embrace Your peace and love. Amen.