Perfect Peace
Perfect peace, just what is that and oh, how I desire to have it! Do you feel the same way? Is your desire to have peace in your life your foremost thought for the day, especially with all that is going on around us?
It's yours for the taking and if truth be known, you already have it. God has a lot to say about peace, so lets take a look.The day you accepted Jesus Christ into your heart, trusted Him with your life and wholeheartedly submitted all of you to Him, peace entered in.
"You will keep in Perfect Peace, him whose mind is steadfast because he trusts in You"
Isaiah 26:3
If I am walking in the light as He is in the light, why is peace so difficult to hold on to sometimes? There is so much out there in the world that is wrong, evil and disturbing. We read it in the news, we see it on TV and we experience it within our own lives. Families are torn apart, relationships are disposed of in a blink of an eye and lives are in total despair. But, I love you Lord and my mind is stayed on you, why is there not peace in my heart, why am I feeling the way I do?
"These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."
John 16:33
This time in our lives when blatant sin is rampant and it is stealing our peace, we must remember and hold on to what we know, like that which we just read above. This is a temporary home in which we live and God is in control of it. We are promised a deliverance from the world's despair and that deliverance is soon to come. Meanwhile, God's word, His truth, will give us the peace we are seeking.
"Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with dissipation, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that will close on you unexpectedly like a trap. For it will come upon all those who live on the face of the whole earth. Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all this is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man."
Luke 21:34-36
When we engage in the Word of God, we will find His peace written on every page. Wisdom, understanding and knowledge are found when we seek it with a right heart. When we receive wisdom, understanding and knowledge of our Lord God, we receive peace.
"Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our LORD"
2 Peter 1:2
Perfect Peace, what is it we ask? The answer is God, and God alone.
Perfect Peace comes when we are walking in the Spirit, reading God's word and praying without ceasing.
"The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear minded and self-controlled so that you can pray."
1 Peter 4:7
Lord, may those who are seeking peace today in this seemingly peace-less world, be found walking alongside You, getting to know You and praying to You. Lord, may we be found rejoicing in You always knowing that You are near. May we not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, presenting our requests to You knowing that Your peace which transcends all understanding, will guard our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
I pray this in Your Son's most precious name, Jesus Christ.
Amen
"Peace I leave with you , My peace I give unto you."
John 14:27
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