In a world that longs for peace, for multitudes of people daily life is an unremitting round of violence and hostility.
It is seen at its most intense in the apparently insoluble conflicts which continue to engulf Syria and threaten the whole Middle East. But it is also played out in the myriad daily battles from the board room to the playground, and all stations in between, which mar and dominate so many relationships. It is precisely in this sort of world that the Bible tells us, \u2018the fruit of the Spirit is ... peace\u2019 (Galatians 5.22).
God\u2019s nature
Peace is the expression of the very nature of God himself, revealed supremely in Jesus Christ, \u2018for he himself is our peace\u2019 (Ephesians 2.14). So, if our lives are dependent on the power of the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Jesus, living within us, to make us more and more like him, peace will be an essential and visible fruit. But what will that look like, in practice?
