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 26:3, AMP]
There are those decisions that we know can change our lives for good or bad, those situations that could make or break us as individuals. We scheme and plan and fret, constantly aware that one wrong move or bad choice can harm us.
When Life causes us to loose our peace of mind, its time for us to shift focus. God calls us to a life of partnership and dependence on Him, cos when we lean on Him, we would be
Guarded: God promises to watch over us, in other words, when we make Him our center of focus, we are assured that we would constantly be safe in His wings no matter what may come. We are never left on our own but we are kept under the surveillance of the most High....what comfort.
Kept In perfect and Constant Peace: The bible assures us of ...tribulation and trials and distress and frustration(John 16:33), but we are assured of peace because of He who has overcome the world. No matter the challenge, no matter how daunting it may seem, nothing matches the awesomeness of our God, so linked to Him, we walk as victors, therefore we need not worry, but rather we remain in perfect peace, assured that faithful is He who called us who also would do it (1Thess 5:24).
Its not enough to declare total faith and trust in God by words alone, we need to be sure our words, our thoughts and our actions, all align with our profession, we cannot have faith only in words, it is a lifestyle. Our hope should be a confident hope, one that understands that the potential of our God exceeds the things we have seen or even heard. A hope that does not waver but clings the more dearly to God in the face of looming confusion. We let go of trying to use our reasoning and logic, and embrace a more excellent way, The mind of Christ. Trust in the Lord forever for the Lord, the Lord Himself is the Rock eternal (Isiah 26:4)
Prayer: Lord, I open up my heart to You and ask that You teach me through Your spirit to constantly depend solely on You, help me understand that on my own I would constantly struggle, but leaning on You, I would walk in peace and be guarded. I receive grace to live continuously in perfect peace. In Jesus Name
One Year Bible Reading Plan: Nov. 1, 2010 - Psalm 13-14 (OT) , Revelations 13 (NT)
