Jesus – My Prince of Peace
I was thinking this morning about Jesus and how Isaiah 9:6 gives Him the title of “Prince of Peace”.
The word ‘peace’ used in Isaiah is actually the Hebrew word shalowm or more commonly see in English as “shalom”.
What exactly does shalowm mean? According to Strong’s Concordance and lexicon it means:
- completeness (in number)
- safety, soundness (in body)
- welfare, health, prosperity
- quiet, tranquility, contentment
- friendship of human relationships & with God especially in covenant relationship
- peace (as an adjective & from war)
That is a pretty incredible breakdown!
So to clearly understand this:
Jesus is the Prince of completeness, safety, soundness (in body), welfare, health, prosperity, quiet, tranquility, contentment, friendship of human relationships, friendship with God especially in covenant relationship, and of course peace (as an adjective & from war)!!!!!!
Jesus said in John 14:27,”Peace I leave with you; My [own] peace I now give and bequeath to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. [Stop allowing yourselves to be agitated and disturbed; and do not permit yourselves to be fearful and intimidated and cowardly and unsettled.].
When we understand that Jesus is the Prince of Peace in fullness & scope, this verse makes much more sense. We now have His peace because He gave it to us. And look what the latter part of that verse says, “do not permit yourselves to be fearful and intimidated and cowardly and unsettled.” Any time we don’t look to Jesus as our source of peace it is easy to become fearful, unsettled, and intimidated by the lies of the enemy.
On top of that look at what Paul says,”Don’t worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses every thought, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” So Paul is telling us NOT to worry BUT to bring our requests (needs) to God AND when that happens the peace of God will blow you away with His goodness (just read the list above!) and consume the worry/fear/intimidation (surpass every thought) thereby guarding your heart & mind. This is good stuff!
One last thought: Hebrews 7:25 says,”He (Jesus) is always able to save (Greek word: sōzō) those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.” Jesus (remember He is the Prince of all of the richness of shalowm) always lives AND is always able to intercede (He is also our High Priest) for us at the throne of the Father!
Consult the Prince of Peace and He will meet your needs and exceed your expectations.
Posted by Chris Desrochers on February 10, 2010
Comment for Jesus – My Prince of Peace
Megan says:
Awesome blog Chris~ Jesus really does eradicate all fear and trembling when He comes into our lives. Grace the person, Jesus Christ, died literally for us to have peace. I was telling someone yesterday about how Jesus died for their sin and came just for that person…. they said bluntly ” oh so you are pulling the whole Jesus died for me guilt trip”. I didn’t understand… just love Jesus and trying to get His Shalom kind of complete peace.