Attaining His Perfect Peace

Isaiah 26:2-4

Open the gates that the righteous nation may enter, the nation that keeps faith. You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you. Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord, the Lord himself, is the Rock eternal.

Greetings my beloved!

I hope you are having a fabulous week. The Lord has definitely been with me this week. I love His faithfulness. This week, I have been pondering on the verses above. It seems that when chaos abounds, God is right there, being our rock, our perfect peace. Right now, as I am listening to the storms outside and fear tries to well up as my mind goes to the images of the Oklahoma tornadoes, I can't help but think about God's peace in the midst of the storm. Remember when the disciples were on the boat and grew fearful of the storm? All Jesus did was command for peace to be still.

Mark 4:35-41

That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side.” Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him. A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped.  Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?” He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely calm. He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?” They were terrified and asked each other, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!”

If Jesus can calm the physical storms, how much more can He calm our spiritual storms? What do you do when fear wells up within? Do you give into the fears and "What ifs?" Or do you run to Jesus? He is our Rock, our deliverer, and our peace. Why should we worry? Why do we lay awake at night worrying about every little thing? My mom use to tell me, "there is no use in worrying."

Matthew 6:25-34

“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
 
I think that is the key to living a worry free life, seeking first His Kingdom and His Righteousness. Let us enter into His presence, shedding all of our worries, our fears, and accept His perfect peace!

 

 

 

Blessings!

Christina