“Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” – John 20:21

Peace settles things.

It allows the right order and relationship and brings vision into focus.

It is absolute well-being and it is the gift of the Risen Christ.

His peace does more than just calm the soul, however; it enlivens the spirit and prepares us for a calling.

In our vision of the resurrected Lord, is a clear and compelling message from God: As the Father sent Jesus into the world, so we are being sent by Jesus.

He came as a servant, we have been sent to serve. He came in the power of the Holy Spirit. We go forth in that same power.

He came to do great works, we have been sent to do greater works because He indwells us.

He came to die, we die to self that we may live to Him.

This commission is neither symbolic nor optional. It is not an addition to His promise of peace, but it a result of it and reason for it.

It cannot be realized by proxy. We have been commissioned. We are sent.