Man of Peace

DEVOTION

THE GOSPEL OF LUKE

MAN OF PEACE

Luke 10:5-7

5 "When you enter a house, first say, 'Peace to this house.' 6 If a man of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; if not, it will return to you. 7 Stay in that house, eating and drinking whatever they give you, for the worker deserves his wages. Do not move around from house to house.

NIV

There seems to be a few ideas here that could be used for life lessons. We first should see this concept about if a man of peace lives there stay will him. In those days men were called by who they were or rather the son of, such as Judas was called a son of perdition, wise men were called children of wisdom, wicked men were called sons of wrath. So here we have a man who is known as a man of peace, which meant He was a peaceable quiet man who had reputation of good report among the townspeople. Here is our first lesson. If Jesus tells his missionaries to seek out this type of person to lodge with, it would be well for us to embrace those same qualities. We should be peaceable quiet people who have a good reputation among our community. We should not be argumentative or boastful but peaceable. Then the rest of the Lord will rest upon us. The second lesson may not be exactly meant for each and every one of us, but rather is pointed to the dispenser of the gospel, the missionary or the preacher. These words have been used by them to more or less expect the support of others for their work and their lives. Jesus told his missionaries to eat and drink whatever they received. This was to imply those men should not expect to dine in the greatest of style or have the best food in the house. Here lies the lesson for the missionaries and pastors of today. Instead of requiring such income to live in luxury, they should live according to what they are given. Instead of building empires to support their desires for fame and fortune they should live a modest peaceable quiet life, being sons of peace themselves, having a good reputation among the people. This does seem to have some lesson for us as well in that we should be seeking out a house, a house of prayer, a church where a man of peace lives, rather than a son of wealth. If we should be men of peace, it is only reasonable we should fellowship with other men of peace, stay in their house, not moving from house to house looking for a better lodging and dinner. But our first responsible here is to be a man of peace.