Or of freedom from war. Or of the entrance of the Sabbath after a week of hard work. The peace that Christ gives us is not a static absence of all activity, such as comes when we do not need to think or to do anything. It is not the kind when you are alone, and the children have gone to school, and you have a few hours of undisturbed rest. This is not what Christ had in mind, at all.
Peace is the balance of a thousand forces in the human mind.
All men are full of endless striving, struggling, fightings within and anxieties without. In a world filled with sin there is no escape from discontent, except as we experience Christ in the life. Peace is the effect of the presence of God in our lives, the balance between our tasks and tribulations and the power and ability to meet them. The peace of Christ in us means we can match ourselves with all that calls for the best in us. Jesus Christ came to restore the lost balance in our hearts.