23/09/2026
Consecration Brings Peace, September 23.
“Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall
offend them.” Ps. 119:165.
The less of the meekness and lowliness of Christ the human
agent has in his spirit and character, the more he sees perfection
in his own methods, and imperfection in the methods of others.
—Testimonies to Ministers, p. 191.
There is nothing more needed in the work than the practical
results of communion with God. We should show by our daily lives
that we have peace and rest in God. His peace in the heart will shine
forth in the countenance. It will give to the voice a persuasive power.
Communion with God will impart a moral elevation to the character
and to the entire course of action. Men will take knowledge of us,
as of the first disciples, that we have been with Jesus.—Testimonies,
vol. 6, p. 47.
The peace of Christ is born of truth. It is harmony with God.
The world is at enmity with the law of God; sinners are at enmity
with their Maker; and as a result they are at enmity with one another.
But the psalmist declares, “Great peace have they which love Thy
law; and nothing shall offend them.” Men cannot manufacture peace.
Human plans for the purification and uplifting of individuals or of
society will fail of producing peace, because they do not reach the
heart. The only power that can create or perpetuate true peace is
the grace of Christ. When this is implanted in the heart, it will cast
out the evil passions that cause strife and dissension. “Instead of the
thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the brier shall come
up the myrtle tree;” and life’s desert “shall rejoice, and blossom as
the rose.”—The Desire of Ages, pp. 302-305.