Where to Find Inner Peace

When Antonio, Marcos, Gerson, Vania, and Marcelo studied God's Word, the Bible, they learned things that changed their lives. For one thing,  they learned that the world situation will one day be different. This is not just a vague hope that everything will turn out all right in the end. It is a real, well-founded confidence that God has a purpose for mankind and that even now we can benefit from that purpose if we do his will.  They applied in their lives what they learned from the Bible, and things improved for them.  They found more happiness and peace than they though possible. 

Antonio is no longer involved  in protests and labor strife. He knows that changes brought about in that way are only limited and temporary.  This former labor leader has learned about God's Kingdom. It is the Kingdom that millions pray for when the recite the Lord's Prayer (or, the Our Father) and say to God:  "Your Kingdom come." (Matthew 6:10a, New International Version) Antonio learned that God's Kingdom is a real heavenly government that will bring genuine peace to mankind.

Marcos learned to put into practice the Bible's wise counsel on the subject of marriage.  As a result, this former politician is now happily reunited with his wife. He too  is looking forward to the time, soon to come, when  God's Kingdom will replace this greedy, selfish world system with a better one.  He has a far deeper understanding of the sentence in the Lord's Prayer that reads:  "Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven." (Matthew 6:10b, NIV) When God's will is done on earth, humans will experience  a quality of life never before seen. 

What about Gerson? He is no longer a drifter and a thief.  the life of this former street child now has meaning because he uses his energy helping others to find inner peace. As these experiences show, studying the Bible and applying what it says can greatly change a person's life for the better.

Next time: Inner Peace in a Troubled World

From the Watchtower magazine, 2000