Daily Walk Through the New Testament
February 20
Read 1 Peter 2:18-3:12

What exactly is the “good life”? Is it earning enough money to do what you want when you want? Is it getting married and settling down in the suburbs or some uptown apartment? Is it having season tickets or getting the corner office? However people define it, everyone desires the good life. The good life ceases to be good, however, when human relationships are broken. Life is about relationships, and no amount of achievement or material gain can fix broken hearts. Peter said the good life is living at peace with people. If we love life, we will love others and seek to be at peace with them (Psalm 34:14; 1 Peter 3:11).
Paul said we should do our best to live at peace with one another (Romans 12:18), and Jesus said, “Blessed are the peacemakers” (Matthew 5:9). Living in peace means becoming a bridge-builder. The ultimate reason we are to seek reconciliation with others is that God sought reconciliation with us. By the blood of the cross, God made peace with us, when we were His enemies (Colossians 1:19-20).
Today, seek to be a peacemaker and a reconciler. Be a blessing to as many people as possible, “knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing” (3:9). Now that sounds like the good life!