Keeping the Peace That hassled feeling. When it comes, how do we get back to that calm centre where peace rules? Eugene Peterson (who wrote ‘The Message’ bible) offers a good insight. He says that in worship we put God at the centre of our lives, whereas our normal sinful tendency is to arrange the world around ourselves, each striving to be the centre. And when the world refuses – how dare things not work out the way I want! But God is the only true Centre. And we only get right with ourselves and the world when we arrange our lives around him, as in worship (at least, when we’re focussing on God). So, if feeling hassled indicates that God is not currently our Centre, what can we do about it? We can resolutely remind ourselves that God is Creator and Ruler of all, and that when we put ourselves in his care, accepting his forgiveness through Jesus, we promise to obey his leading in the Spirit – that’s worship. It puts the Lo...