Peace of Soul

 Peace of Soul

 

Around the Year with Emmet Fox

 

April 4

 

“Peace I leave with you,

my peace I give unto you…

Let not your heart be troubled,

neither let it be afraid”

(John 14:27).

 

This true, interior soul-peace

was known to the mystics as serenity,

and they are never tired of telling us that serenity

is the grand passport to the Presence of God –

the sea as smooth as glass

that is round about the Great White Throne.

This is not to say that one cannot tackle

even the most serious difficulties by prayer

without having any serenity at all.

But before you can make any true spiritual progress

you must achieve serenity;

and it is that fundamental tranquility of soul

that Jesus refers to by the word peace –

the peace that passes all human understanding.

The Peacemakers are those

who bring about this peace in their own souls;

they surmount limitation and become actually,

not merely potentially, the children of God.

This condition of mind

is the objective at which Jesus aims.

Of course, to be a peacemaker in the usual sense

of composing the quarrels of other people

 is an excellent thing;

but, as all practical people know,

an excessively difficult role to fill.

But once you understand the power of prayer,

you will be able

to heal many quarrels in the true way;

probably without speaking at all.

The silent thought

 of All-Power of Love and Wisdom

will cause trouble to melt away

 almost imperceptibly.

You will become a peacemaker.