Devotion

Children Need Peace

Isaiah 54:13 (NIV) All your children will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their peace.

I pray for the children of the world to have the peace of God within their hearts. Children need peace just as much as adults do. We don’t always set a good example for them of what God’s peace within us looks like. Our ripping and running and worrying and complaining from Monday through Saturday cannot be erased from their minds by attending or tuning in to a worship service for a couple of hours on Sunday morning. Children have their own stresses and pressures to deal with both inside and outside of their home, school, and social environments. Who do they have to turn to for the reassurance of God’s peace when they need it? It’s our responsibility to show them that God is the giver of peace that the world can neither give nor take away from us. Children depend on us to show them what it looks like to be at peace in God so they can trust the inner Presence of God’s peace for themselves. Children need God’s peace. Let’s make sure we help them to recognize it and receive it. Selah.