Today’s devotion is based on Come Home for Christmas Week 4 – PEACE (WATCH HERE)
Isaiah 32:17 -18 The fruit of that righteousness will be peace; its effect will be quietness and confidence forever. 18 My people will live in peaceful dwelling places, in secure homes, in undisturbed places of rest.
The day after Christmas often feels quieter. The songs fade, the gatherings thin out, and ordinary life begins to return. Yet the gift we celebrated yesterday has not diminished. Christ has come, and with Him comes peace that does not depend on a season or a mood. Today invites us to consider how the peace that we experience on Christmas becomes a peace that shapes the way we live.
From the manger, our Savior invites us to orient our hearts and lives to the peace that he brings. Isaiah reminds us that the fruit of righteousness is peace and that God’s people will dwell in quiet resting places. Peace is not presented as a fragile feeling but as a lasting result of Jesus’ work on our behalf and as we walk rightly with God. When our lives are aligned with His ways, peace grows naturally. It settles our hearts and steadies our steps, even when the world around us remains uncertain.
To receive peace from Christ is not the end of the story. It is the beginning of a mission. Those who belong to God reflect His character, and one of His most beautiful traits is peace that restores and reconciles.
On this day after Christmas, we remember that Jesus did not arrive in a calm world. He was born into tension, oppression, and fear. Yet His presence introduced a new reality. Peace entered quietly, like light filling a dark room. It did not shout or demand attention, but it changed everything it touched. When Christ rules our hearts, His peace spreads in the same way. Others begin to notice a steadiness, a hope, a gentleness that cannot be explained by circumstances alone.
Living as people of peace means walking closely with Jesus and carrying His presence into anxious and broken places. It means allowing His rule to shape our responses. In conversations marked by stress or conflict, we choose patience instead of pressure. We listen before speaking. We respond with grace rather than defensiveness. Sometimes peacemaking looks like sharing how Jesus met us in our own fear and gave us rest. At other times it looks like quiet faithfulness and prayerful endurance.
Peace is not passive. It is active trust in God’s grace. As we step into the days following Christmas, opportunities will come to embody this peace. Family dynamics may be strained. Work and school pressures may return quickly. News headlines may stir worry. In each moment, Christ invites us to be reminded that he came to bring peace between us and God and then empower us to live differently, to let His peace guide our words, posture, and choices.
Take time today to ask where God wants you to bring his peace forward into your day and year ahead. Remember that peace grows as we walk in step with Jesus. The world does not need louder voices. It needs hearts anchored in the Prince of Peace.
Prayer: Lord, make us people of peace. Let Your shalom shape our lives and flow through us to a restless world. Use us to point people to you to find peace in the manger and always have that peace in their hearts, Amen.