Unwrapping the Name of Jesus: Prince of Peace

During this season, the word peace is everywhere. We hear it sung in carols, printed on cards, and spoken from pulpits. Yet, for many of us, this time of year feels anything but peaceful. Our hearts wrestle with anxiety, our relationships feel strained, and our minds refuse to quiet.

So how do we reconcile the promise of peace with the reality we’re living in?

Isaiah reminds us that the coming Messiah would be called the Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9:6). This wasn’t a surface-level promise or a temporary comfort. It was a declaration of something far deeper—something the Bible calls shalom.

✨ Shalom is more than the absence of conflict.
It means wholeness, completeness, restoration, and alignment.

Life is complex. Our relationships, responsibilities, finances, and emotions all pull at us in different directions. And when those areas of our lives are misaligned, peace feels distant. But Scripture teaches that when we align our lives with God’s truth, shalom follows.

Isaiah prophesied not just a peaceful ruler, but a covenant of peace—a lasting promise between God and His people (Isaiah 9:7). Christmas is the fulfillment of that promise. Jesus didn’t come to offer temporary relief; He came to restore what sin had broken.

Through Christ, we now have peace with God (Romans 5:1). Sin fractured our relationship with our Creator, but grace made reconciliation possible. And from that restored relationship flows something even more intimate—the peace of God.

🕊️ Peace with God changes who we are.
In Jesus, we are made new. Wholeness is restored between us and our Creator—and when that alignment is right, everything else finds its proper place.

Isaiah 26:3 tells us that God keeps in perfect peace those whose minds are fixed on Him. Perfect peace isn’t the absence of hardship, stress, or uncertainty—it’s the presence of God in the midst of it all.

When we try to control outcomes that were never ours to control, peace slips away and anxiety takes its place. Many of us are holding tightly to situations, relationships, or fears that God is asking us to surrender.

💭 What are you trying to control right now that is robbing you of peace?

Philippians 4:6–7 gently reminds us that anxiety is not the end of the story. We are invited—again and again—to bring everything to God in prayer. And when we do, His peace guards our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

This side of heaven, moments of anxiety will come. But it’s never too late to return to the Prince of Peace. Keep praying. Keep surrendering. Keep fixing your eyes on Him.

✨ Perfect peace is found not in controlling life—but in trusting the One who holds it.