1 Chronicles 4:40 (NASB Strong's)
They found rich and good pasture, and the land was broad and quiet and peaceful; for those who lived there formerly were Hamites.
Subject: Finding Peace
The above verse is a report about the expansion of the Simonite family. In this portion of Chronicles the author is giving us each family and their descendants. Simeon's family is addressed here and the above verse shows the results of one of the two recorded war campaigns to expand their territory. The result of this campaign was "the land was broad and quiet and peaceful." This is a theme throughout Chronicles. God had promised the tribes this land. He had promised them "broad, peace and quite." Here we see that realized. They would soon lose this quiet and peace because they would disobey God and God would allow hardship and war to steal their peace. Peace was contingent upon obedience. This truth does not change in the New Testament age. In Hebrew 3-5 we read about entering into God's "rest." We know that our obedience to God's Word is still a requirement for true, lasting peace. In John 14 we read that Christ would send us "peace." That peace would come in and through the ministry of the Holy Spirit. When we walk in obedience and faith in Christ the Spirit of God produces the Fruit of the Spirit in our lives ... Peace is a result of that Fruit and is that Fruit. So, like the Old, the New Testament believer is subject to walking in faith to experience a "land of peace."
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