Settled Peace, Silenced Accusation
The day begins with peace already given in Jesus.
Devotional Credit: Abide Above, Miles Stanford
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Accusation is unsettling, and it can feel endless. Yet Romans 5:1 announces something far better, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus. Miles Stanford helps us slow down and receive that reality. Peace is not a mood we must manufacture. Peace is the settled result of being united with the Beloved Son. When accusation rises, the gospel answers it with the finished work of Jesus and our living union with Him.
If you have ever tried to outrun guilt by doing more, praying more, or confessing more, you already know how thin that path is. Activity without rest only tightens the knot. Stanford points us back to the foundation. In the Lord, there is now no condemnation. The Father’s peace toward you is not fragile, and it does not depend on your latest performance. It rests on Jesus and on your union with Him.
This is not a call to ignore sin or pretend we have no struggles. It is an invitation to stand where God has placed us, in Jesus, accepted, cleansed, and alive to God. The Spirit renews our minds so that accusation no longer sets the atmosphere. Assurance does. Freedom does. Jesus does.
I thank God for how Miles Stanford keeps steering us to what is true in Christ, and not to the swirl of appearances or feelings. We are learning to live from union, not toward it. We do not work for peace with the Father. We walk from it.
Journal Entry – Voice of the Holy Spirit Through Scripture
I remind you that your Father is at peace with you in Jesus. You are justified by faith. Stand in the grace where I have set your feet. I bear witness that there is now no condemnation for you in the Messiah. The accusations that rise against you cannot overturn the verdict that the Father has issued in His Son.
Who will bring a charge against God’s chosen people in the Anointed One. It is God who justifies. Jesus died, was raised, and He intercedes. I joined you to Him. You were crucified with Him and you live to God in Him. I sealed you. I am your assurance, not your performance. The record of debt that stood against you was nailed to the cross. The rulers and authorities that love to accuse were disarmed.
You are not outside looking in. You are in Christ and Christ is in you. He Himself is your peace. I lead you to reckon what the Father says is already true. Present yourself to Him as alive from the dead. Walk in the freedom that the Son has given you. When accusation whispers, answer with the blood of Jesus, with His resurrection life, and with your union in Him.
Fix your heart where your life is hidden with the Anointed One in God. I will turn your gaze from yourself to Jesus. I will guard your heart with the peace of God. Hold fast to the word of life. I strengthen your inner being so that you live as the Father’s beloved child, free to love, free to obey, free to rest in the victory of the Lamb.
Real-Life Analogy
Think of a keycard that opens a secure door at work. If your access is active, the door recognizes you. You do not argue with the sensor. You do not explain yourself to the lock. You simply hold the card to the reader and the door opens because your status is already registered. In the same way, accusation may rattle like a locked door, but the indwelling Spirit keeps bringing you back to your access in Jesus. Your standing has been granted. You do not negotiate for entry each time. You enter because you belong.
A simple practice today, when a harsh inner voice resurfaces, pause your rush and say, Lord, I rely on You to express Your peace within me right now, and to answer every charge with what You finished. Then carry on with the task in front of you, trusting the Holy Spirit to do the answering while you walk forward in quiet confidence.
Prayer of Confidence
Father, thank You that in Jesus I am justified and at peace with You. Thank You that accusation has no final word over my life. You have already spoken. You have placed me in Your Son, and You have given me Your Spirit as the seal and witness. I agree with Your verdict. I am alive to You, forgiven, and free. Today I receive the freedom of the Anointed One and I walk from the rest You have provided. Thank You for abiding in me and expressing the life of Jesus through me.
Scripture References for the Voice of the Holy Spirit Through Scripture Section
Romans 5:1; Romans 8:1; Romans 8:33-34; Galatians 2:20; Romans 6:10-13; Ephesians 1:13-14; Colossians 2:13-15; Ephesians 2:14; Colossians 3:1-3; Philippians 4:7; John 1:29; John 5:24; Ephesians 1:7; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Galatians 5:1