Peace

Make every effort to live in peace with all men and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.  See to it that no one misses the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many.  Hebrews 12:14-15

  It is my responsibility to make sure no one misses the grace of God! I may be their only chance to see that grace.  That is a big deal.  If I am not living in peace, and I am letting bitter roots grow up in me its going to cause trouble and hurt more people than just myself.  I better not be living in such a selfish way that I want to hold on to grudges more than make God's grace known to the world.

Peacemakers who sow in peace raise a harvest of righteousness. James 3:18

  If I'm going to be a peacemaker I have to take action to sow in peace.  This will in turn result in a harvest of righteousness.  Its cool how this connects with Matt 5:9 I can go back and see that this harvest of righteousness in my life will be the reason I will be called a child of God.  Peacemakers produce righteousness and are known as a child of God.