Let the Peace of Christ Umpire Inside You | Before the Doors Open

You are at the console. You are at the camera. You are at the ProPresenter computer with the next twelve slides queued and a fluorescent yellow note from yesterday's run that says do not forget the second baptism video.This is detail work. Most of you do not get to think theologically while you do it. You think operationally. The next move. The next cue. The next song. The next slide. And that is fine. That is what the work needs from you.But Paul has a verse that meets you in detail work. And the verb in it is one of the strangest in the New Testament.That word rule in Colossians 3:15 is brabeueto in the Greek. It means to umpire. To preside. To officiate the game. The peace of Christ is supposed to be the referee inside you today.Not the in-ear mix. Not the team chat. Not the last text you got from the senior pastor. Not the criticism you remembered while you were brushing your teeth. The peace of Christ. As the official. Calling the plays inside you.That changes detail work. Because when something goes wrong this morning, and something will go wrong, the question is not whether you can fix it. The question is who is officiating inside you while you fix it.If anxiety is the umpire, every problem becomes a crisis. If the peace of Christ is the umpire, every problem becomes a small thing to handle. Because the peace already won the game. He just needs you to play it.May the peace of Christ be the umpire in your heart today, in the booth, at the console, in the slide queue, behind the camera, on the platform. May he call the plays when something goes wrong, instead of letting anxiety make the call. May you be thankful even before the problem resolves. And may the work of Christ's word, rich, dwelling, singing inside you, be louder than the next ping on your phone.Go. The room is waiting. But more importantly, Jesus is already in it. I will see you tomorrow.