Perfect and Constant Peace

Hello everyone,

How are you doing on this day? I hope well and bubbling in the Lord.

Primary Text 

“You will guard him and keep him in perfect and constant peace whose mind [both its inclination and its character] is stayed on You, because he commits himself to You, leans on You, and hopes confidently in You.” Isaiah 26v3 (AMP)

Our minds can be stayed on a lot of different things – news, issues, problems, challenges… or on God. Our minds can be cheerful, settled, calm, undisturbed, applied to instruction, understanding, peaceful or wayward, double-minded, deluded, evil-minded or crooked. But when our minds are stayed on God, we enjoy perfect and constant state peace. Our mind is stayed on God because we trust in God and commit ourselves to Him. In this sense, whenever a situation arises, our first inclination is God. We are not perturbed by the news, what we see or do not see, but we walk in a state of confident assurance and faith in God. Philippians 4v6-7 (AMP) says “Do not fret or have any anxiety about anything, but in every circumstance and in everything, by prayer and petition (definite requests), with thanksgiving, continue to make your wants known to God. And God’s peace [shall be yours, that tranquil state of a soul assured of its salvation through Christ, and so fearing nothing from God and being content with its earthly lot of whatever sort that is, that peace] which transcends all understanding shall garrison and mount guard over your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.” Is your mind stayed on God? Are you trusting in Him? Let’s begin to do that so we might enjoy a state of perfect and constant peace in God.

Prayer

Father, we thank You for Your Word. Please give us the grace to trust in You absolutely, and to keep our minds stayed on You in Jesus name, amen.