“Go In Peaceâ€
“And the priest said to them, Go in peace.
The journey on which you go is under the eye of the LORDâ€
(Judges 18:6)
The New Testament contains a phrase which expresses a profound sentiment from God to man—“Go in peaceâ€(Luke 7:50; 8:48). This concept is elsewhere expressed in such terms as: “Now the God of peace be with you†(Romans 15:33) and, “the Lord of peace himself give you peace†(2 Thessalonians 3:16).
Where does this rich religious thought originate? We understand that the New Testament term “peace†came from the Hebrew concept shalom.
1. Shalom was a greeting of well-wishing (see Gen. 29:6).
2. Shalom meant security; contentment; and, sometimes absence of war (Ps. 4:8; Isa. 26:3; 1 Sam. 7:14).
3. Shalom carried the theological idea—to journey under the eye of the Lord (Judg. 18:6).
Those “in Christ†may go in peace. “Peace be with you all that are in Christ.†(1 Pet. 5:14). Is it well with you today?
-Robert M. Housby