The pathway of Peace Reference Page

Oh Father! Your ways are Marvellous and they are the pathway of Peace.
Reference: Proverbs 3:17 Her ways are pleasant ways And all her paths are peace.

Peace, true peace, can only be found in Your Presence.
Reference: 1 Thessalonians 5:23 Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

It never comes from the efforts of men.
Reference: Ecclesiastes 4:4 I have seen that every labor and every skill which is done is the result of rivalry between a man and his neighbor. This too is vanity and striving after wind.

This is why there is no rest for the wicked, neither in this life and certainly not in the next.
Reference: Ezekiel 3:18 "When I say to the wicked, 'You will surely die,' and you do not warn him or speak out to warn the wicked from his wicked way that he may live, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand.

Men will spend great effort and fortunes to get even a brief moment of peace.
Reference: Daniel 11:24 "In a time of tranquility he will enter the richest parts of the realm, and he will accomplish what his fathers never did, nor his ancestors; he will distribute plunder, booty and possessions among them, and he will devise his schemes against strongholds, but only for a time.

They find it an illusive goal.
Reference: Jeremiah 6:10 To whom shall I speak and give warning That they may hear? Behold, their ears are closed And they cannot listen. Behold, the word of the LORD has become a reproach to them; They have no delight in it.

A godly man gets true peace by simply getting alone with You in secret.
Reference: Psalm 62:1 God Alone a Refuge from Treachery and Oppression. For the choir director; according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. My soul waits in silence for God only; From Him is my salvation.

It is given to him freely and abundantly.
Reference: Isaiah 55:1 The Free Offer of Mercy "Ho! Every one who thirsts, come to the waters; And you who have no money come, buy and eat. Come, buy wine and milk Without money and without cost.