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Written by Scott Compton, a contemporary worship director.

There is something within every person that longs for peace. Whether it be global, at work with your boss and co-workers, at home with your spouse and children, at school, with your neighbors or pretty much with all your human relationships. But in the deepest part of each one of us is a quest to be at peace with God. Our problem is that we try to devise our own way to draw up a peace treaty with God, when in fact, He’s already got one. He came up with His plan before the foundation of the world, because He created us and loved us so much. His peace treaty is a person, His Son, Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace…It’s only when we are at peace with God (vertical relationship) that we can truly and fully experience peace in our human (horizontal) relationships…God loves us and wants us to be at peace with Him, and experience His peace each day.

Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. [Romans 5:1]