Matthew 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers

Matthew 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.

What does it mean to be a peacemaker? What would it look like to bring people back together that were at odds with one another? Being a peacemaker is to act out the character of God. God is a Peacemaker. He sent His Son to make peace with sinners though His blood. When we act as a peacemaker, we are acting like God. This is what children do. They act like their parents. Think about how many times your mom or dad says that you are just like your father or mother.

A peacemaker is someone who does not look at how things will affect them. They are looking at how they can bring two people back together. They do not worry about their own feelings but the feelings of the other people. Peacemakers do not only want people to be back in relationship with each other. Greater than that, they want to see people in right relationship with God.

A peacemaker is also someone who knows how to control his or her tongue. They do not gossip or slander people. They never talk behind someone’s back or make jokes about others that will hurt them. Being a peacemaker shows that you think about others more than you think about yourself. Peacemakers are not trying to make others like them, but trying to honor God by acting like a child of the King.

This is what it means when Jesus says “They will be sons of God.” When you are a peacemaker you are acting like your heavenly father. Great happiness comes when you are acting like the One who loves you most. Sublime happiness comes when you are living the way God intended you to live.