HE IS PRINCE OF PEACE: Peace That Meets Us in the Storm

As we continued our HE IS series, Fi led us deeper into the heart of who Jesus is by focusing on one of His most longed-for names: Prince of Peace. In a season often marked by busyness, pressure, and expectation, we were invited to pause and ask an important question:

Where are we really getting our peace from?

1. The World’s Peace Is Conditional, Jesus’ Peace Is Not

The peace the world offers is fragile. It depends on circumstances lining up, relationships being smooth, and life feeling “in control.” But as Fi shared, this kind of peace is temporary — here one moment, gone the next.

Jesus offers something entirely different. The Bible calls it shalom — a deep peace, meaning wholeness and completeness. This peace isn’t something we can manufacture. It doesn’t come from people, places, or perfect plans. It comes only from the person of Jesus.

2. Peace Was Placed in a Manger

Isaiah 9 reminds us that the Prince of Peace didn’t arrive in comfort or control — He arrived in humility, born into chaos, placed in a manger. Yet it was there that true peace entered the world.

Peace doesn’t wait for our lives to settle down. Peace meets us in the middle of the mess.

Jesus didn’t come to wage war against humanity — He came to finish the war, restoring peace between God and His people through the cross.

3. Peace Is Not the Absence of Storms

One of the most powerful reminders from Fi’s message is this: Peace is not the absence of storms — it’s the presence of Jesus within them.

When Jesus calmed the storm in Mark 4, the disciples were frantic — but Jesus was at rest. He didn’t panic. He stood in authority and spoke peace. And then He asked them, “Do you still have no faith?”

The question wasn’t why the storm came — it was whether they recognised who was in the boat with them.

4. The Peace That Guards Our Hearts and Minds

Philippians 4 tells us that when we bring everything to God through prayer, petition, and thanksgiving, the peace of God guards our hearts and minds. This peace transcends understanding — it goes beyond what the world can offer.

This peace doesn’t remove responsibility or reality, but it anchors us. It protects us from anxiety and fear. It reminds us that we are not disconnected, forgotten, or alone.

This Christmas, we’re not searching for perfection 

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We’re choosing His presence.

A Final Reflection

Jesus is still the Prince of Peace today. He is available. He is near. And the weight you’re carrying is never too heavy for Him.

So ask yourself: What is my source of peace — and where am I turning in the storm?

Because real peace isn’t found in control.

It’s found in Christ.