PEACE is not a condition of heaven alone; it is the privilege of the children of God to enjoy peace here. Says the psalmist, "Great peace have they which love Thy law: and nothing shall offend them." Ps. 119:165. The margin reads, "they shall have no stumbling-block;" and the same idea is conveyed by the Revised Version, "and they have none occasion of stumbling." This does not mean that the children of God will have no enemies or trials, for they will have the same as others, and more, as long as Satan is permitted to work; but they will permit none of these things to be to them a stumbling-block or an occasion of stumbling. Their affections are not set on men, but God. They love God; they love His law; their service belongs to Him; from Him comes their reward. What others may do or may not do will not affect God. Others wrong us, but the evil result falls upon those who do the wrong. Others fail to appreciate; God will always appreciate. Love of God means abiding trust in God; and he who trusts in everlasting strength and love, will not be ashamed, confounded, or offended.