"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God." Matthew 5:9
The word peacemaker immediately brings to mind a scene from Back to the Future III, where a gun salesman tells Marty (Michael J. Fox) that he wants the gun that kills Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen to be a Colt Peacemaker. Funny, isn't it? Naming a gun a peacemaker. Making peace by killing violent men.
God's ideas are always greater than ours. His peace does not involve killing violent men, but by sowing seeds of peace in the lives of those men. Instead of killing them, we should win them with love. These seeds of peace can be huge gestures or seemingly meaningless actions, but somehow they help someone find peace - peace with themselves, with others, and with God.
"And the seed whose fruit is righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace." James 3:18
Hmmm...peace promotes righteousness, and the righteous are the ones who make peace, so they are the ones who sow the seed of peace. Vicious circles anyone?
The sons of God will imitate Christ, the Son of God. They will not be the Savior of the world, but they will be the saviors in peoples lives as they help others to find and to make peace. They will be Jesus with skin on. By the way, sons don't do anything to become sons. They just are sons. And just because they are sons, they are heirs, and to be an heir to the Kingdom of Heaven is a great thing.
Go! Make peace!
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