Vital signs- Tuesday,February 21st, 2023

In 1888, on a freezing cold January morning in Switzerland, Alfred Nobel picked up his morning newspaper.

At the time, Alfred was known globally as the inventor of dynamite & one of the world’s leading weaponry manufacturers.

He read the headline:

“Today, Alfred Nobel has passed away”. 

Completely confused, he called the newspaper to report the error.

It turned out that a rushed, overly keen reporter had failed to check the names, and wrote the mistaken headline.

It was an unusual chance to see his life as others saw it, and Alfred was stunned to find out he was known as “The Merchant of Death” due to his business in war.

He was changed deeply by this experience, & he resolved to change his legacy. In the next weeks, he sold his business and arranged that his fortune would fund an award to be given to those who did the most for the cause of peace in the world. 

And so, today we remember Alfred Nobel not as an arms merchant, but as the founder of the Nobel Prize for Peace.

Peace is a puzzling thing.  

You might feel like you have it one day, or you might feel a world apart from it the next. 

You might be reading this today, and you have wrestled with finding true peace in a world of chaos — whether from a restless mind, or from living in a restless world. 

It could be the chaos of media headlines, social media, friends, family members, University, college or school. 

My hope is that through reading this you will have a renewed and refreshed understanding of true peace. 

Alfred Nobel was a man once defined by chaos, but transformed to be known as a bringer of peace. 

He now has a legacy of giving the gift of peace. 

In John 14:27 [TPT] Jesus gives the disciples this profound revelation on peace: 

“I leave the gift of peace with you—my peace. Not the kind of fragile peace given by the world, but my perfect peace. Don’t yield to fear or be troubled in your hearts—instead, be courageous!"

Peace is a gift. Give some away!

Pray with me-

Father in Jesus name, we thank you for your peace. You’ve given it to us as a gift, you have shown us that it is a part of your kingdom come, you have shown it to us in the way your son lived in front of us while on this earth. But most of all I thank you, that you have allowed me to have peace in the midst of the hardest storms of my life. I have experienced it I have felt it. I have seen it in the lives of others, and in my own life. Father, for that we are eternally grateful today. May we give that away to others who need it so they may see you.

In Jesus name

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