In our world, it’s hard to “be still and know that the Lord is God.” There are wars, riots, pandemics, gang violence, human and drug trafficking, and every other sign the culture has turned inward on itself. How can we be still? Surely, any minute the world is going come crashing in on us sweep us away in its tidal wave of violence and chaos.

The psalmist, however, gives us a different picture. He gives a picture of God Himself breaking the weapons of warfare bringing peace through His presence. If you’re an avid reader of the prophets and this picture sounds familiar to you that’s because it is. Isaiah 2 communicates to us a vision that God gives to the prophet of day when the people beat their swords into plowshares because there’s no longer a need for war.

As we live in the harsh reality of a world that rejects this God who will one day bring peace, let us live as people who have already obtained this peace in Jesus Christ, our Prince of Peace.