Bonhoeffer on Peace

On August 28th 1934 Dietrich Bonhoeffer delivered his famous "Peace Speech" to the assembly gathered at the Conference at Fano.  The speech is (in general) in response to the official German Church pledging allegiance to Adolf Hitler.  In Eric Metaxas' biography of Bonhoeffer, he says that the assembly was breathless, that they would never forget what they just heard, and they were uncomfortable, but it was hard to miss the power behind the 28 year old Bonhoeffer's words:

"There is no way to peace along the way of safety.  For peace must be dared, it is itself the great venture and can never be safe.  Peace is the opposite of security.  To demand guarantees is to want to protect oneself.  Peace means giving oneself completely to God's commandment, wanting no security, but in faith and obedience laying the destiny of the nations in the hand of Almighty God, not trying to direct it for selfish purposes.  Battles are won, not with weapons, but with God.  They are won when the way leads to the cross."

Wouldn't it be incredible if we would all live up to his vision and step out in faith.  If we were to use the weapons that God has given us: the belt of truth, breastplate of righteousness, readiness given by the gospel of peace as shoes, shield of faith, helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit (Ephesians 6).