"The Things That Make For Peace" - Luke 19.42 // How the World Is Put Back Together - Jeremiah Lepasana

For the summary for this sermon and others - click here!Will Smith observed that those who experience life at “cliff top” face the same abyss experienced by those on “rock bottom.” It is a honest and vulnerable admission that proves Jesus’ right that a common problem we face is that we do not know “the things that make for peace.”Luke records Jesus making his assertion in the moments following his arrival in Jerusalem. And this assertion helps modern readers to see how the event of Jesus’ arrival in Jerusalem (as well as the following events of Holy Week) bring peace.From this passage we see that peace comes as 1) an alien arrival, 2) a welcome into our constructed strongholds, and 3) an invitation into the center of our self-understandings (our identities!).Pray(Pray a whole-life invitation) Father, I invite your presence into every corner of my life. I invite you to center of my self-understanding—may your good and loving presence be the lens that allows me to see every part of my life.