Showing posts with label life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label life. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Perfect Peace
"You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You. Trust in the Lord forever, for in YAH, the LORD, is everlasting strength." - Isaiah 26:3-4
I figure this is a good place to start. Focused on Him.
I, like most people, want to live a life of peace. I want to be comfortable, cozy, and warm in my little environment. Most days that desire is interrupted. In fact, I can't remember a day that I have ever experienced where I was shielded from negative encounters, personal sinfulness, or relational stress. I believe that is because I have a false definition of peace. My personal definition of peace is 'living life how I want it--with no interruptions." But this will never happen. It is a false view.
I discovered this morning as I was reading Isaiah that true peace is being able to weather any storm--to endure any trial. That sort of peace comes only from a mind that is fixed upon the LORD--Jehovah--through faith. We need an enduring faith in order to have perfect peace. This perfect peace is shown in complete trust in the God who is able to keep you through any storm. You can trust Him, in Him is everlasting strength.
Everlasting strength experienced through perfect peace that comes from enduring faith in the Lord.
I figure this is a good place to start. Focused on Him.
I, like most people, want to live a life of peace. I want to be comfortable, cozy, and warm in my little environment. Most days that desire is interrupted. In fact, I can't remember a day that I have ever experienced where I was shielded from negative encounters, personal sinfulness, or relational stress. I believe that is because I have a false definition of peace. My personal definition of peace is 'living life how I want it--with no interruptions." But this will never happen. It is a false view.
I discovered this morning as I was reading Isaiah that true peace is being able to weather any storm--to endure any trial. That sort of peace comes only from a mind that is fixed upon the LORD--Jehovah--through faith. We need an enduring faith in order to have perfect peace. This perfect peace is shown in complete trust in the God who is able to keep you through any storm. You can trust Him, in Him is everlasting strength.
Everlasting strength experienced through perfect peace that comes from enduring faith in the Lord.
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