Jesus didn’t say, “Blessed are the warmakers”

“Blessed are the warmakers” – this may ring true as we look at our world today. War-makers make money. War-makers gain land. War-makers dispense fear and accumulate power. Blessed are the war-makers as they shall be called the winners, the victors, our leaders.

Jesus Christ, however, challenges what we may see in the here and now, He broadens our gaze. He says,

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.”
Matthew 5:9

Jesus’ call to be peacemakers in this broken and corrupt world is radical. Being a peacemaker does not mean remaining quiet, going with the flow, or avoiding conflict. Peacemakers cherish and strive for reconciliation between adversaries; calling out injustice, naming inequality, speaking inconvenient truths. It is often a dangerous and lonely calling. Yet a peacemaker’s blessing is beyond earthly riches and human glory. A peacemaker’s blessing is to be personally named as God’s child. To be identified by the Almighty God, maker of heaven and earth, as one of His very own. And to therefore be the heir to His kingdom.

Being adopted as God’s child is an immeasurable blessing only made possible by the ultimate peacemaker Jesus Christ. Because our greatest problem is not the conflict around us, it is the separation between us and God. The Bible calls this sin: living apart from Him, going our own way. And this is where Jesus stands apart. He does not only call us to be peacemakers, He is our peacemaker. Through His sacrificial death, He makes peace between us and God.

As it says in Colossians 1:21–22:
“At one time you were separated from God. You were His enemies in your minds, because the evil you did was against Him. But now He has made you His friends  again. He did this by the death Christ suffered while He was in His body. He did it so that He could present you to Himself as people who are holy, blameless, and without anything that would make you guilty before Him.”

This is the good news. While we long for peace in our world, there is a greater peace we all need — peace with God. And this peace is offered to you. Turn to Jesus. Trust in Him. Ask Him to make peace between you and God and you will find a peace no conflict can take away.

Prayer: Lord Jesus, I see that I have been living apart from you. Thank you for dying to bring me back to God. Please forgive me, make peace between me and God, and lead me in your way. Amen.

Acknowledgement: This article was sourced from Outreach Media, Sydney, Australia.
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