I don’t know about you, but when I step into something selfishly knowing it is selfish on my part and thinking, “it won’t hurt anyone,” I am sacrificing God’s Peace. I’ve known this most of my life and I’m sure there isn’t a person alive who has asked Jesus into their life, that won’t acknowledge the truth in this. There is always a sense of guilt that manifests itself throughout our body. Our thoughts center around regret, our stomach may churn, our enthusiasm wanes, etc.

This morning’s devotional centered around this theme–Seeking God’s Peace. A quote within it says, “Perhaps you’ve heard people say, ‘I don’t have peace’ when speaking about a particular decision. They are referring to the fact that when you are either outside God’s will or working against Him, you’ll feel spiritual friction. But when you’re in the center of God’s will, you will feel harmony with Him.”

There isn’t a person our couple I work with that hasn’t talked about being outside of God’s will and they want to find His Peace. I know full well the feeling of this peace vs the feeling of regret, remorse, guilt, shame. There is no peace in any of them.

In Celebrate Recovery’s step study one is asked if you have done anything to harm your body? I always hear responses about drug use, alcohol use, sexual disclosures, over-eating etc. spoken in response to this. This morning as I read this devotional I was shown how stepping outside God’s Will hurts our body even when it is something we think “won’t hurt anyone”. It hurts ourselves and God wants us awake to this. He wants us in the center of His Will where we will find Peace and Harmony. I don’t want to stray from this. Thank you God for this lesson!