When a person is not at peace with God, he has no peace. God is the absolute subject of reality, so to be at war with God is to be at war with reality.
Human beings often live unhappy lives as we flee from pain and pursue pleasure, trying to find comfort in the material world. A person does not realize that the reason for his constant angst is that he does not have peace with God.
When a man does not have peace with God, he cannot have peace with himself or with others. He rages at those who tread on his dignity or offends his pride, and he justifies his own actions at the expense of relationships with his friends and family.
He uses other people to try to prop up his fragile ego. He attempts to slake his thirsty soul with vices and to satisfy his fleshly appetites with indulgences, but all of it is useless.
Unless we have peace with God, there is no peace.
(From "Unrolling the Scroll" Torah Club booklet by Daniel Lancaster)
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