Blessed Are The Peace-Makers Series

Well good morning newlife and welcome to July. Man, the coldest month of the year. Thanks for being brave and making church a priority to start the week. Love seeing all your faces today and really privileged to be able to stand on this platform preaching today. Something I never will take for granted. So, this morning we are carrying on in the series called blessed. And we been looking at a few things. Now let me just recap quickly on the word Blessed. Ryan started speaking on the word Blessed and what it meant: When we hear the word blessed, many people think of money, success, or good things happening. But the Bible teaches something much deeper. 💡 “Blessed” is not just about feeling happy — it’s about being right with God, walking in His will, and enjoying His favour, no matter your situation.

So, when you look at the beatitudes and this series, we need to put on the glasses of blessed being walking in God will, and enjoying His favour, no matter the situation. Now the end part did you hear no matter the situation. Ok keep that in your mind as we look at the next part of the series. So let me start off asking this:

Have you ever been driving and suddenly noticed that dreaded warning light on your dashboard? It’s the check engine light… the oil level… whatever it is, you immediately feel that sense of, “Oh no, what now?” Now let’s be honest — what’s our first response? We think: “Maybe it’ll go away.” Some of us have even said, “If I turn the radio up louder, I won’t hear the noise anymore.” It’s funny… but it’s true. We don’t want to face the issue — we want it to go away on its own. But family, here’s the truth: Turning up the music doesn’t fix the engine. Ignoring the warning light doesn’t stop the damage. It just delays the breakdown.

It is the same when we deal with relationships, friendships, marriage, work, any person we ever have a conversation with. And that is called making peace with people and not keeping peace. You see the analogy above we do the same you see people offend us, people wrong us, sometimes people will say something that offends you or hurt you and they do not even notice it. You know like you picked up some weight and we laugh it off or better we post some cryptic message on Facebook, hoping that they would see it. Because most of us do not want to deal with people and having these hard conversations, we smile and use excuse laughing saying things like aggh ek like my braaibroodjie en brood maak mos groot, explain in English, but inside you are like murdering them with a peace of stale bread. We see it in marriages. You know what I am good at, to this day and I am at work in progress. Ask my wife. We would have a disagreement pastors and wives do not fight we disagree, but one of those “disagreements” that the dogs run out of the house, and then we would not talk, but the next day or a few hours I go on like there is nothing wrong. Ladies you need to understand that us as men we grew up, we argue, we have a physical fight, and afterwards we become friends. It is how we were wired.

We do it all the time, at work we keep quiet to the point that our staff tells us what to do because I do not do difficult relationships, we shout cut the toxic people off in your live.

But remember Jesus said this: ' “Blessed [spiritually calm with life-joy in God’s favor] are the makers and maintainers of peace, for they will [express His character and] be called the sons of God. [Heb 12:14] ' Matthew 5:9

Peacekeeping is saying “I’m fine” when you’re not. It’s staying quiet to avoid rocking the boat. It’s sweeping things under the rug, painting over the cracks, smiling on the outside while falling apart on the inside. You’re driving through life pretending everything’s okay, but your emotional, spiritual, and relational engine is about to seize. That’s not peace — that’s avoidance. And it’s not what Jesus called us to.

You see: Peacekeeping Covers Up the Problem. Let us look at this verse: 📖 Let’s look at what God says in Jeremiah 6:14 (AMP): They have treated superficially the [bloody] broken wound of My people, Saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ When there is no peace.

In this passage, God is rebuking the prophets and priests of Israel for giving the people false assurance. The nation was full of sin and rebellion, yet the leaders were saying, “Don’t worry, everything’s fine!” They were pretending all was well to avoid dealing with the reality of judgment and repentance. This verse exposes fake peace—the kind that comes from denial, not healing. This verse reinforces your point about peacekeeping—it’s painting over cracks, saying “I’m fine” when you’re not. It’s that moment where you turn up the radio instead of dealing with the real issue. God condemns that kind of superficial peace. He desires wholeness, not appearances.