Peace for the Attacked Throat

Iron Springs Geyser, Manitou Springs, Colorado

Iron Springs Geyser has recently undergone a renovation.  The renovation hasn't changed the flavor of this water.  As its name suggest, there is a definite iron taste to the mineral water that flows from this spring.  It reminded me of the water that I drank from the wells on the farm I worked in my High School years.  It is called a geyser as it originally erupted into the sky every half hour.  Now it trickles out of a metal pipe.

When people are surveyed about which mineral spring they like least in Manitou this one comes out on top.  Some might even say that their throat is under attack when they drink its heavy chalybeate (got that off the sign) water.

Everyday Satan attacks the gift of peace we have in Christ.  Whether it be through circumstances of life or inner struggles, we hear the ringing voice of demonic forces in our ear saying, "does God really care?"  And we entertain the thought.

"The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet." Romans 16:20 English Standard Version 

Just as it is God who gives peace, it is God who defends peace.  Why?  Because peace through the merits of Christ is a gift that you and I have neither earned nor deserved.  And since it is God's gift to us, it is also God who then defends his gift.

The gift of peace does not immediately remove those enemies of peace but God has given us a promise that in Christ one day Satan and the forces of hell will be crushed.  Today we receive a glimpse of this peace, but the day is coming when we will fully understand it.

Until that day may God continue to do battle against all enemies that would rob us of his gift.

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