Isaiah 9:6 ESV

“For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called… Prince of Peace.”

When we think of the word “peace”, we think of the lack of conflict or hostility. The Hebrew word for peace, shalom or the Greek word, eirēnē, means a sense of totality or completeness, Success, fulfillment, wholeness, harmony, security and well being, that is God’s perfect peace.

Jesus came as our Prince of Peace to bring us wholeness, perfect unity between us and God, harmony among creation and a victorious sense of well-being. Jesus Christ is the only reason we can truly live peacefully with God and others. The peace Jesus brings is one that is beyond comprehension. It is a peace that comes from knowing that God has everything well in hand, even when it doesn’t look like it. It is a sense of well-being, knowing you are perfectly safe in the middle of the storm.