A Prayer about the Day of Perfect Peace

Lord of hosts,

You know that this year has been anything but peaceful.

As Christmas approaches, keep our minds fixed

on our Prince of Peace

who brought us perfect peace with you.

Remind us that he will one day

restore perfect peace on this earth

when he renews all things.

Fill our minds with visions not merely of “sugarplum dancing in our heads”

but of “a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine”

that you will serve on that day

when you “swallow up death forever,”

when you “wipe away tears from all faces” (Isaiah 25:6-8).

Today and every day, fix our minds on this peace-yielding truth:

“This is the Lord; we have waited for him;

let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation” (Isaiah 25:9).

In Jesus’ peace-full name. Amen.

Read Isaiah 25:6-9; Isaiah 26:1-3.