ADVENT: PEACE | Pastor John Eric Zayas

This past Sunday, we entered the second week of Advent, turning our hearts toward Peace—the peace God promises, the peace He prepares, and the peace He ultimately provides through Jesus Christ. Isaiah 40:1–5 speaks a powerful word into restless, weary hearts: “Comfort, comfort my people… prepare the way of the Lord… and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed.”

In these verses, God declares that His peace is not distant or fragile—it is near, certain, and rooted in His character. He speaks comfort over His people not because their circumstances are easy, but because His presence is sure. True peace is not found in the removal of life’s valleys or mountains, but in the God who levels the path before us. He comes to bring rest where there has been turmoil, reassurance where there has been fear, and healing where there has been pain.

This is the heart of the gospel: that God Himself enters our wilderness, our uncertainty, and our chaos to make a way for us to be restored to Him. In Jesus, the Prince of Peace, God fulfills His promise to draw near—bringing calm to the troubled, comfort to the burdened, and reconciliation to a broken world.

Advent invites us both to remember and to anticipate—to look back to Christ’s first coming, when God revealed His glory in the person of Jesus, and to look forward to His return, when perfect peace will reign forever. As we wait, we are not abandoned or anxious; we wait with a peace anchored in the faithful, unchanging God who keeps His promises.

May this season quiet our hearts, steady our minds, and deepen our confidence in Jesus Christ—the One who comes to comfort, to restore, and to lead us in the way of peace.