Called to Live at Peace
December 17, 2025
Greetings, Cascade Christian Community,
Our spiritual theme focus for the month of December (Called to be Rooted and Established) interfaces well with the four elements of Advent, which are peace, hope, joy, and love. While my hope is that we all experience an extra measure of all four elements of Advent this Christmas season, I want to focus in this moment on the element of peace.
Isaiah 54:10 (NIV) says, “‘Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,’ says the Lord, who has compassion on you.” In this passage, God promises that He will not remove His covenant of peace. The key phrase is “God promises.” In other words, we know God’s peace is something we can count on.
Flipping over to Romans 12:18, we read that as much as it depends on us, we are called to “live at peace with everyone.” The key phrase in this passage is “as much as it depends on us.” In every situation that involves human interaction, we have the ability to extend peace to those we interact with. It is something we have a choice in.
My prayer for all of us this Christmas season is that we would respond to the promise of God’s peace by being intentional about living at peace with those around us, including the people we know well and the people we encounter randomly along the way. Maybe that means being the first to say, “I’m sorry,” or letting someone go in front of us in a line that is already very long, or one of many other opportunities we have daily to live at peace with others.
Praying God’s best for you in this Christmas season,
Ken
