UNSHAKABLE PEACE || HAGGAI 2:6-9 || Sergio Fesiuk

For many of us, the word peace no longer carries wonder. We’ve heard it promised cheaply, preached softly, and reduced to emotional relief. But Scripture never treats peace as fragile or shallow. Biblical peace is formed in the middle of shaking, not in the absence of it.

In this teaching, we trace one of the most overlooked promises in Scripture: God does not promise stability, He promises presence. From Haggai’s prophecy of global shaking to Simeon’s quiet encounter in the temple, we discover that peace is always tied to a place where God chooses to dwell.

Haggai declares, “In this place I will give peace,” even while nations are being shaken. Centuries later, that promise is fulfilled not with spectacle, but with nearness, when peace is no longer announced, but held. Simeon departs in peace not because the world has changed, but because God is finally close.

This episode connects:

• The shaking of Haggai 2

• The fulfillment in Luke 2

• The relocation of God’s dwelling in John 1

• And the pattern of meeting God in intentional places throughout Scripture

You will hear why peace has never been automatic, why it requires return and attention, and why Christmas is not about emotional calm but incarnational presence. This message invites repentance from chasing feelings and a return to choosing a place where God is welcomed.

Peace is not found by accident.

Peace is formed through encounter.

The question this episode leaves us with is simple and piercing:

Have you chosen a place to meet with God, or are you still hoping peace will find you on its own?