Ephesians 1:2 Peace
“Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.” (NIV)
This picture of the old-time plow and the floral bouquet growing beside it brings me a great deal of peace, and it helps me relax. This peace is good, but it’s not the peace Paul is speaking of in Ephesians 1:2. Paul uses this same salutation at the beginning of almost all his epistles. This is not a casual, “Peace, have a good day.” This is a peace sent from our Father God and endorsed by His Son, our Savior, Jesus Christ. Jesus personalizes this message in John 14:27; “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you; not as the world giveth, give I unto you” (KJV). In the world, peace doesn’t seem to last very long, but the peace from the Father and the Son lasts forever. So, today, I say to you, “Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.”