Day 1 — Peace Has a Face
Scripture: Colossians 1:15 (ESV)
“He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.”
We often treat peace like an idea—something abstract, emotional, or circumstantial. But Scripture refuses to let us do that. In Colossians 1, Paul speaks of peace the same way he speaks of love and hope elsewhere—not as a concept, but as a Person.
Jesus is the image of the invisible God. He makes God visible. If you want to know what God is like toward you—His posture, His heart, His intentions—look at Jesus. Peace begins here. Not with an improved inner state, but with a clearer vision of Christ.
Paul calls Jesus the “firstborn of all creation,” not because Jesus was created, but because He is supreme. He outranks everything. And that matters because peace cannot exist where Christ is reduced.
The church in Colossae was tempted to supplement Jesus—with mystical experiences, rules, or spiritual upgrades. We face the same temptation. We don’t reject Jesus outright; we simply shrink Him.
But peace grows as our vision of Christ grows.
Reflection:
Where are you tempted to look beyond Jesus for peace?
Prayer:
Lord Jesus, enlarge my vision of You. Where I have reduced You, restore my sight. Let me see You as You truly are—the visible image of the invisible God. Amen.
Day 2 — Held Together
Scripture: Colossians 1:16–17 (ESV)
“All things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.”
Paul presses the point further: Jesus is not just the goal of creation—He is its source and sustainer. Everything that exists depends on Him continuing to exist.
That includes you.
This is where our anxiety often exposes us. We assume stability is something we must create—through discipline, insight, or effort. But Paul says the universe itself is stable only because Christ holds it together.
We often underestimate Jesus. We treat Him as the entry point to the Christian life and then move on to “bigger and better” things. But there is nothing beyond Him. There is nothing more sustaining than the One who holds atoms together by His word.
If Christ were to withdraw His hand, everything would collapse. The fact that it hasn’t is not because of your strength—but His.
Reflection:
Where are you living as if everything depends on you holding things together?
Prayer:
Jesus, I confess how quickly I assume responsibility that belongs to You. Remind me that You are holding all things—including me—together. Teach me to rest where You reign. Amen.
Day 3 — Peace Made by Blood
Scripture: Colossians 1:19–20 (ESV)
“For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things… making peace by the blood of his cross.”
Here Paul introduces the word peace—and he does so carefully. Peace is not cheap. It is not a truce. It is reconciliation, accomplished at immense cost.
False teachers promised “fullness” through secret knowledge or mystical experience. Paul responds by saying all fullness already dwells in Christ—and that fullness took on flesh.
Peace required blood. Real blood. A real body. God did not restore peace by helping us escape our humanity. He restored peace by entering it.
This means peace is not something you achieve by rising above your circumstances. Peace came down to you. It was made by the cross.
Jesus didn’t just bring peace. He is peace.
Reflection:
How does the cross challenge your assumptions about where peace is found?
Prayer:
Father, thank You that peace was not left for me to earn. Thank You for reconciling all things through the blood of Your Son. Teach me to trust what has already been accomplished. Amen.
Day 4 — Reconciled and Secure
Scripture: Colossians 1:21–22 (ESV)
“And you… once were alienated… he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death.”
Peace becomes deeply personal here. This is not just cosmic reconciliation—it is your reconciliation.
You were alienated. Hostile in mind. Cut off. And Jesus did not bridge that gap with advice or inspiration, but with His body and His death.
Paul’s point is not that you are barely tolerated by God. The goal of reconciliation is that you would be presented holy, blameless, and above reproach.
That is not fragile peace. That is settled peace.
And it means your standing with God does not rise and fall with your performance. It rests on Christ’s finished work.
Reflection:
Do you live as someone already at peace with God—or as someone trying to secure it?
Prayer:
Jesus, thank You for reconciling me completely. When I am tempted to doubt or strive, remind me that You have already brought me near. Amen.
Day 5 — Continue in What Is Already True
Scripture: Colossians 1:23 (ESV)
“If indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel…”
At first glance, this verse can sound anxious—What if I don’t continue? What if I shift? But Paul’s entire argument moves in the opposite direction.
You continue not by striving, but by remaining. Not by panic, but by confidence.
Like planets held in orbit by gravity, you are held by Christ’s strength, not your own. Like a child learning to swim, you may flail—but the reason you don’t drown is because Someone stronger is holding you up.
Peace is not a feeling you chase.
Peace is not a technique you master.
Peace is a Person who holds the universe together.
And if He can hold galaxies in place, He can hold you.
Reflection:
What would it look like today to walk confidently—not anxiously—in what is already true in Christ?
Prayer:
Lord Jesus, when I am afraid, help me remember that You are holding me. Teach me to continue—not in fear, but in trust. I rest in You. Amen.