Peace Declared

I like simple, easy to understand illustrations or teachings that bring the message of God's grace and the power of the Gospel to the forefront of our thinking. Something simple, delivered in a short statement, or a quick read can be the catalyst, the motivation, the truth dispensing truth that changes a life forever. For me, its like David and Goliath; one small Shepard boy, one Hugh giant. At the end of what proved to be a very short battle the scoreboard read, David 1, Goliath 0.

Thank God for quick battles that yield thousands of life pages!

Here's one from from D. L. Moody entitled "Peace Declared".

""When France and England were at war a French vessel had gone off on a long whaling voyage. When they came back, the crew were short of water, and being near an English port, they wanted to get water; but they were afraid that they would be taken prisoners if they went into port. Some people in the port saw their signal of distress, and sent word that they need not be afraid, that the was is over, and peace had been declared. But they couldn't make those sailors believe it, and they didn't dare go into port, although they were out of water. At last they made up their minds that they had better go in surrender their cargo and their lives to their enemies rather than perish at sea without water; and when they got in, they found out that what had been told them was true, that peace had been declared."

Sin had made mankind enemies of God.
Many people still don't believe the truth that peace has been purchased by Jesus Christ on Calvary between God and man. God's grace has reconciled us to God through Jesus Christ; and this flow of "living water" is available to all men.

Does the well of salvation never run dry?

Never, because their is a river of God's grave flowing underneath. 

Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, ¹⁴ but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life" John 4:13.