Are you marking time, or at peace?

Psychologist William Marston once interviewed 3,000 people, asking each person this question: “What have you to live for?”

Ninety-four percent of those interviewed stated they were enduring today while hoping for something better in the future.

Digging a little deeper into their answer, we see the vast majority of the respondents lived restless lives instead of experiencing peace.

What so many seemed to be missing is that being at peace isn’t something to just be hoped for, or something that perhaps may come their way some time later in life.

Peace is a gift:

“I am leaving you with a gift — peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid,” John 14:27.

When we live in and for Christ, Jesus gives us His peace as a gift that grows and deepens as we experience the Holy Spirit working in and transforming our lives (Galatians 5:22).

What have you to live for?

Scotty