INTRODUCTION

It is important to realize that the perception of peace in a person's life can be truly deceptive. Those who live for the Devil and for themselves may seem to prosper and enjoy peace. They may even testify of the peace that they seem to enjoy while those living for the Lord honestly exhibit trials and temptations associated with such a relationship. Yet, we have God's word on the matter: the wicked have no peace. This truth is so important that the Lord repeated the thought of the wicked having no peace in Isaiah 57:21There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
See All.... The wicked may enjoy times of calm in their lives, but these times are not the true and enduring peace that only comes from a relationship with the Saviour. Consider this vivid description before embarking on such a life: “the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt” (Isaiah 57:20But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
See All...). Peace comes from God!

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHTS

• (For children): Briefly tell your children the story of Naboth's vineyard. Wicked king Ahab was happy when he thought he got his way. Yet, he had no peace; he was told his “end” (1 Kings 21:19And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
  See All...). Whatever God says will happen does come to pass (1 Kings 22:34-38 [34] And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded. [35] And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the chariot. [36] And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country. [37] So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria. [38] And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood; and they washed his armour; according unto the word of the LORD which he spake.
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• (For everyone): Do you ever envy the wicked for the prosperity they seem to enjoy? Asaph had this problem until he “went into the sanctuary of God” and understood “their end” (Psalm 73:17Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
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• Do you have your eyes on the Lord or upon others? Peace is associated with righteousness (Psalm 85:10Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
  See All...; Romans 14:17For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
  See All...) and will only be given to those who seek the Lord and His strength.

PRAYER NEEDS

• Ask the Lord to help you understand the end of the wicked.
• Ask God to help you seek peace through righteousness.

HYMN

Christ Receiveth Sinful Men

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