"I came to cast fire upon the earth; and would that it were already kindled! I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how I am constrained until it is accomplished! Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division; for henceforth in one house there will be five divided, three against two and two against three; they will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against her mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law." Luke 12:49–53 (RSV)
This is not the Jesus we sometimes imagine. We give in to the mistaken notion that Jesus is a passive, docile person who would not disturb anyone. The 'peace' this Jesus offers is peace on our terms. We like the idea of a savior who does not distress or upset our lives.
We may like this, but a savior like this will redeem nothing. He will not bring forgiveness or undo the power of death. We may be undisturbed while we live, thinking that death and the grave will come for others, but not us. The only peace we will find with such a 'savior' is the peace of the grave.
Jesus comes to confront the lies of the evil one, take upon Himself the world's sin, and by His death, will shatter the power of death. His resurrection will signal the beginning of the Kingdom's coming in all its fullness. The peace Jesus will bring will call us out of our delusions into His life.
The peace of God the Father is in faith in Jesus and Him alone. He will lead us out of the broken, dying ways of this world into only true peace. We will become new creations in Him, leaving behind all that pretends to be of God.