Do You Have The Peace To Give?

How Can You Give Peace When You Don't Have Any?
In Matthew 10, we read the account of Jesus sending out His disciples for the first time, alone, without Him physically present. In this passage, Jesus gives them an instruction that has always intrigued me:

“If the household is worthy, let your peace come upon it. But if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.”
(Matthew 10:13, NKJV)

Have you ever really stopped to think about that?
Can your presence really change the atmosphere in a household?
We’ve all heard the cliché saying about someone’s personality changing the room when they walk in—but is there truth to that? I believe there is. And why?
Because Jesus said it was possible.
But here's the real question I wrestle with:
What happens when you don't have any peace to give?

When You Feel Like Just Another Face in the Crowd
I would love to think that whenever I walk into a room, people immediately feel at ease. That somehow, a gentle peace settles over the place simply because I’m there. Wouldn’t that be a great gift?
But the truth?
Many times, I don’t feel that way at all. I feel like I’m just another face in the crowd—another person trying to figure life out.
How can I give something that I don't feel like I have?

The Context Makes It Even More Challenging
Let’s put this verse back in its context.
Jesus had just told His disciples to head into unfamiliar territories—with no money, no food, no extra clothes, and no place to stay. He basically said, “Figure it out when you get there. Live off whatever people give you. And if they don’t support you, shake the dust off your feet and move on.”
Sounds adventurous...until you realize:
If they don’t support you—you’re still hungry, still homeless, and still wondering where your next meal will come from.
And yet, Jesus tells them to walk into those uncertain situations and bring peace to the house they enter.
How?
How do you have peace when you don’t know where your next meal is coming from?
Peace Isn't Found in Comfort—It's Found in Calling
Here’s the key:
Your peace cannot be tied to the money in your wallet, the food in your pantry, or the roof over your head.
While those things are important, your lasting peace must come from knowing you’re doing what God has asked you to do.
These disciples could have peace—not because of their circumstances—but because they were walking in God’s plan for their lives.
Their peace wasn’t in their possessions—it was in their purpose.

Stop Chasing the Dream. Start Living the One God Gave You.
This one verse forces us to completely reassess and reorder our priorities.
Are we so busy chasing peace that we never find it?
We think more money will bring it, so we work ourselves to exhaustion.
We think a vacation will give it, so we go into debt for lavish trips.
We chase bigger homes, newer cars, better jobs—hoping they’ll bring peace.
But what if the peace we’re chasing is already available...in the calling God has placed right in front of us?
If you cannot be at peace with what you have, you will never be at peace with more.
That is the real gift of peace you can give to others—the ability to say:
"I have peace because God meets my needs when I do what He asks."

Ask God today where you might be chasing peace, instead of living His calling.
God will instruct you, just like He instructed His disciples. You might not hear an audible voice from heaven telling you what to do, but He will reveal His plan to you. Living in that plan, and knowing you are in the will of God, that's real peace.

Final Reflection
Stop chasing someone else’s dream.
Stop exhausting yourself trying to manufacture peace.
Start living the life God already called you to—and let the peace that comes from obedience overflow into every room you enter.