I need shalom, I want shalom! Shalom is
really something we would all like because it is what we all need to
enjoy everything else.
Shalom is captured by the following terms; wholeness,
blessings, prosperity, calmness, stillness, being undisturbed, being complete, having security, and the profound word of Peace.
No
matter how old or young you are, shalom is the secret to making life
fulfilling. You can have everything this world offers and without shalom, it’s all
hollow-it doesn’t satisfy-there is always something missing.
Our world in
2013 is in desperate need of Shalom. Shalom is an old Hebrew term, there are
more than a dozen English words that try and capture the meaning of shalom.
We all crave shalom, we want shalom, and we need
shalom-it’s like this unspoken thing that we are all trying to get but we don’t
consciously know that we are striving for shalom. We feel empty when we don’t
have shalom, there is something wrong that is hard to define, so we try and get
more stuff from our world. We think that our wish list will solve the emptiness,
but the only One who can meet the need for shalom, is the One who created the need. Our
world system and the stuff from this world doesn’t satisfy- we all need and
want true shalom, ultimate peace-but it is only found in a relationship with
God.
As hard as
we try to get peace by just getting one more thing from our list, it will never
completely satisfy. My desire is that we would all
experience shalom. Wouldn’t you really love to have shalom this season? Turn to the God of the universe-Yahweh-and ask Him for His Peace, that peace that passes understnding.
