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"Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them." (Psalm 119:165)The world can't provide real peace. It never has and it never will in its present condition. There can be absence of war, but just the continual threat of it removes the peace of the heart.We can settle differences with neighbors, but before long another issue comes up. People move to another town because of conflict with their neighbors. Shortly after they moved, the neighbors moved too. Even isolation can't provide peace of the heart, for we were designed to live within a community.Great peace is only found by those who love the Word of God and the God of the Word. It is there that our questions of life and purpose are answered. It is in God's Word that we have the promises that comfort our hearts while the world reels in turmoil around us. Only in the Bible do we find the assurance of who God is and His intentions for our earthly life and for eternity.Those folks who know that great peace will not be easily moved to a panic-filled outlook. Their countenance gleams with that peace even when circumstances aren't favorable. At times, they may fix their eyes on the trouble and be moved from that place of great peace for only a moment or two, but they quickly recognize their fears are needless and return to and rely on the Word of God and the peace that the Lord promises. Their peaceful state is indeed a witness to others that are searching for truth.Friends, is your trust and testimony a witness of the great peace of those who love God's Word? If not, pray and ask the Lord to give you a greater love for His Word. Now folks, that is indeed a prayer that He will be delighted to hear and graciously answer.