Peace – Matthew 3:1-12

In a season often reduced to cozy nostalgia and sentimental visions of peace, we can forget that the peace of Christ is far deeper and far more disruptive. John the Baptist’s unsettling witness reminds us that Christ’s peace exposes what is broken in us, confronts what is unjust in the world, and calls us into real, costly repentance. True peace is not a mood but a transformation—God reshaping our minds, desires, and loyalties so that we might participate in His coming kingdom.