The Prince and Project of Peace | Bec Nhep
Jul 4, 2026 · 36 min · 10 segments
Jul 4, 2026 · 36 min · 10 segments
Now, depending on what translation you like to read in your day in and day out, it is mentioned approximately 400 times across Scripture.
And it's not surprising really, is it? When you think about peace, peace is one of our deepest longings.
We long to experience peace, peace around us, peace within us, because it's so closely connected to our sense of wellbeing, of flourishing.
You know, I work in the field of international child rights, and in my line of work, we kind of have to keep our eye on all of these different indices that kind of measure different factors that influence or affect how children and their families might be experiencing or realising their rights.
And peace and security is one of those factors that we keep our eye on, both kind of globally, but also within countries.
And there are a number of different indices or polls that kind of measure global peacefulness.
But when they did this particular Peace Poll, which is like a survey, and it is a global survey, and they were trying to understand how people felt about peace and how much peace people were experiencing.
And one of the things they found in this survey was that three quarters of all people surveyed, so 75% of people surveyed, acknowledged how important peace is to human flourishing.
And they were pessimistic about their expectation, let's say, to experience more peace in their future.
Now, if you look at the world around us, this sentiment is not exactly misplaced, is it? For 11 years now, we have seen global peacefulness in a steady decline.
There is another index called the Global Peace Index, and each year they release a report.
And the report from 2025 showed that we were at the lowest levels of global peacefulness that we had seen since the index was created in 2008.
They also said that we had the highest number of state conflicts that we've ever had since the end of World War II.
Now these trends, they point to a world that is increasingly marked by instability and conflict rather than peace.
It can be job security, financial issues, rising interest rates, rising cost of living, relationships breaking down, physical health challenges, mental health challenges affecting us or affecting those that we love.
Now, depending on what translation you like to read in your day in and day out, it is mentioned approximately 400 times across Scripture.
And it's not surprising really, is it? When you think about peace, peace is one of our deepest longings.
We long to experience peace, peace around us, peace within us, because it's so closely connected to our sense of wellbeing, of flourishing.
You know, I work in the field of international child rights, and in my line of work, we kind of have to keep our eye on all of these different indices that kind of measure different factors that influence or affect how children and their families might be experiencing or realising their rights.
And peace and security is one of those factors that we keep our eye on, both kind of globally, but also within countries.
And there are a number of different indices or polls that kind of measure global peacefulness.
But when they did this particular Peace Poll, which is like a survey, and it is a global survey, and they were trying to understand how people felt about peace and how much peace people were experiencing.
And one of the things they found in this survey was that three quarters of all people surveyed, so 75% of people surveyed, acknowledged how important peace is to human flourishing.
And they were pessimistic about their expectation, let's say, to experience more peace in their future.
Now, if you look at the world around us, this sentiment is not exactly misplaced, is it? For 11 years now, we have seen global peacefulness in a steady decline.
There is another index called the Global Peace Index, and each year they release a report.
And the report from 2025 showed that we were at the lowest levels of global peacefulness that we had seen since the index was created in 2008.
They also said that we had the highest number of state conflicts that we've ever had since the end of World War II.
Now these trends, they point to a world that is increasingly marked by instability and conflict rather than peace.
It can be job security, financial issues, rising interest rates, rising cost of living, relationships breaking down, physical health challenges, mental health challenges affecting us or affecting those that we love.
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