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THE PEACE THAT SURPASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING
FINDING STILLNESS IN THE MIDST OF KENYA’S
STORMS
BY WANEKHWE ISAAC JR EKHABI
Nairobi’s streets are now clouded The youth, the most precious
with in-depth whispers of resource of any nation, are now at a
frustration that ripple in the air. breaking point. Needless to say,
Families wrestled with hunger, they have already been broken by
drought, and displacement in rural the awful systems in place. Some
areas. Everywhere, something feels have now turned to corruption,
shaken. The cost of living continues hooliganism, while others have sunk
to soar, basic necessities can't be into the silence of depression,
met, salaries have shrunk, and the masked by laughter.
dignity to work is now a luxury Mothers and fathers weep in silence
afforded to few. It is now a battle behind closed doors. Those who
between hunger and hope. Financial decide to hold fast as families are
freedom a distant whisper. strained by financial pressures.
The political landscape is in Disillusionment, anxiety and
shambles. It is no longer a platform thoughts of suicide are no longer
for change, but a performance of rare. Churches serve as counseling
power. Elections come and go, yet centres, some have turned into
they come back soon after Kenyans drama theatres, while others have
think they have left. In fact, they become contributors to economic
don't go, they stay in comfort of all distress. Students battle with
public and private programmes, mental storms daily. We are not just
official and unofficial, sacred and in an economic or political crisis; it
secular. The gap between the is a soul crisis.
elected and electorate is now a
wound in our national soul.
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Yet in the eye of this national storm,
a deeper question rings: Can peace Peace Beyond Circumstances
still be found? Not the peace driven It is not the absence of problems
by policy or protests, but the one but God's presence in our midst.
that surpasses all understanding. Not the kind that waits for peaceful
(Philippians 4:7) elections, stabilization of prices, or
coming true of dreams, but the one
Understanding the “Peace That flowing from trust.
Surpasses All Understanding” It holds us in the face of financial
In Philippians 4:6–7, the Apostle ruin and job loss, confusion in the
Paul writes: political scene and tribal tensions,
“Be careful for nothing; but in every broken relationships, sickness,
thing by prayer and supplication uncertainty in the nation and
with thanksgiving let your requests personal trauma because its source
be made known unto God. And the is not the world’s, but God’s.
peace of God, which passeth all
understanding, shall keep your Worldly Peace vs. God’s Peace
hearts and minds through Christ Peace from the world is fragile; it
Jesus.” (KJV) comes only when bills get paid,
Paul didn't pen these words from a leaders get success and when our
place of comfort and prosperity; he plans get a success - circumstantial,
was in prison. Yet in prison, he temporary, and dependent on
writes about peace, a peace that people. But God’s peace surpasses
defeats logic and explanation. understanding, is steady in the
storms, and guards our hearts and
minds like a soldier.
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The Kenya of today is filled with Kenya is hurting. But the peace of
men and women surrounded by the Lord is not reserved only in
fear, lack and frustration, the God- heaven. It is here to calm us so that
given peace is necessary, a peace we may calm others, here to speak
that speaks, “God is with us, even truth so that men and women may
here” get justice, and here to build so that
we are all brothers and sisters.
A Call to Kenya: Embrace Peace,
Build Peace He declares, “Be still, and Know that
In the midst of these turbulent I am God” (Psalm 46:10a (NIV))
times, the temptation is to respond
through fear, anger, division, and So to the mother deeply praying,
despair. But we are called to build, the father toiling tirelessly, the
speak against injustice, help heal, faithful preacher, jobless dreamer,
and be the peacemakers. and the tired youth: you are not the
helpless but the hope, the
resistance and the peace.
PEACE BE WITH YOU
