# 373 True Peace

The Book of Genesis

Day 373

Ge 41:14 Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him quickly out of the dungeon; and he shaved, changed his clothing, and came to Pharaoh. 15 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I have had a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that you can understand a dream, to interpret it." 16 So Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, "It is not in me; God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace."

Joseph rightly gives credit to God for his gift of interpreting dreams. He knows that any attempt of his to interpret the dream apart from God is nothing more than his opinion on the matter, and the opinions of men have never brought lasting peace to anyone! He tells Pharaoh, “

Last time, we talked about the condition of Pharaoh after his disturbing dream.  His spirit was troubled, agitated, like a continuous rapping of a pencil on a table. He was agitated because he didn’t know the meaning of his dreams.

The condition of the unbeliever is much the same. He does not know the true meaning of his life, and his spirit is deeply troubled. And just as was the case with Pharaoh, so it is with man, only God can give the human heart the answer of peace.  This “roiling” of an unbelievers soul is not always evident as they find counterfeit peace in many places, but when that peace falls apart, they look to the next diversion to find temporary peace.

Pharaoh’s peace was disturbed when God spoke to him in a dream.  When God’s Word is properly preached, it too should bring a lack of peace to the unbeliever, but of course it must not stop there. God’s answer of peace must also be presented to the unbelieving ears.  Joseph was God’s messenger of peace to Pharaoh, and Jesus is our messenger of peace from God. Jesus IS God’s answer of peace to our agitated soul!

Yes, this Jesus who stood up in a boat in the midst of a raging sea and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Peace, be still!” And the roiling of the sea stopped, and peace came.

This Jesus , who said to His disciples, “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you,” and, “These things I have spoken to you  that in Me you may have peace.

It is Jesus who gives us the “peace that passes all understanding.”

The human soul  is troubled when it realizes it is not right with God, and that conviction comes by the Holy Spirit through the Law of God, but Jesus comes with the Gospel of God to calm those troubled waters and He says, “I can make it right with you and God, I died for your sins, peace I give to you, receive it today and calm your troubled soul!