Proverbs 16:7 (NKJV) When a man's ways please the LORD, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him. INTRODUCTION We want other people to like us, and sometimes we will do almost anything to win their approval. But God tells us to put our energy into pleasing him instead. Our effort to be peacemakers will usually make us more attractive to those around us, even our enemies. But even if it doesn't, we haven't lost anything. We are still pleasing God, the only one who truly matters. [Life Application SB] COMMENTARY PEARL Where Is Peace? I know men who would write a check for a million dollars if they could find peace. Millions are searching for it. But, as we look around, we find that there is little personal, domestic, social, economic, or political peace anywhere. Why? Because we all have the seeds of destruction within us. Peace can be experienced only when we have received divine pardon - when we have been reconciled to God and when we have harmony within, with our fellow man, and especially with God. Through the blood of the cross, Christ has made peace with God for us and is Himself our peace. If by faith we accept Him, we are justified by God and can realize the inner serenity that can come to man through no other means. When Christ enters our hearts, we are freed of that haunting sense of sin. Cleansed of all feeling of contamination and unfitness, we can lift up our heads secure in the knowledge that we can look with confidence into the face of our fellow men. Have you ever searched for peace in the wrong place? [Peace for Each Day by Billy Graham] LINKS FOR FURTHER STUDY John 14:27 - Peace Like No Other. http://www.abible.com/devotions/2022/20220723-0834.html Galatians 5:22, 23 - The Fruit of the Spirit. http://www.abible.com/devotions/2022/20220628-0910.html LINKS WORTH CHECKING OUT https://abible.com/links/