Here is a morning “aha” from my NIV Life Application Study Bible based on the passage from Colossians 3:15 to let the peace of Christ rule in your heart.

To rule is like an umpire at a baseball game…the one calling the shots, making sure things are fair, but not the one playing the game although closely observing while often greatly criticized.

Our hearts are what need to be ruled by peace.

~Our hearts are the center of conflict because there our feelings and desires clash: hopes vs fears, distrust vs trust, jealousy vs love.

How can we deal with the constant conflict and live the way God intended us to live??

We have to make a choice…we need to choose between the conflicts..

How??

By using the RULE OF PEllCE:

Which choice will promote peace in our souls, our churches, our homes, our schools, our workplaces, our communities?

Promote does NOT mean give peace to the situation, not does is guarantee peace in the conflict…but to promote it means to push it forward, lift it up, highight it, bring it to the surface…

Remember the umpire who does his job right and makes one team satisfied with his ruling while disappointing the other?

That is the embodiment of promoting peace.

That is the peace that needs to rule in my heart.