Perfect Peace

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. (Isaiah 26:3)

Benjamin likes to have quiet in the house. If I want to listen to the radio, he protests. This morning I decided it would be nice to listen to Focus on the Family but when I tuned the radio in to the right station, I got the same protests I usually get. I told Benjy that I would turn the radio off after the program and he settled down and seemed quite happy to tolerate my "indulgence."

After Focus on the Family finished, the radio station played some nice music and, for a few minutes, Benjy seemed to have forgotten my promise. All of a sudden, he got up from his play, walked over to the radio and told me "it's finished, Mummy" and then he turned it off!

My response to that was "you want the peace and quiet, don't you Benjamin?" to which he replied "I don't want peace and I don't want quiet!"

I admit, I did have a chuckle!!!

I think I can be like that, though. I say I want peace but when I get offended or hurt or anxious or worried I stew on it and I think about it and, instead of giving it to God, I try and work through it on my own.

Or I might "give it to God" and then stew on it and think about it and try and work it out on my own, anyway.

I think "peace" might be just knowing that God is in control and having confidence in that knowledge. The feeling of safety that comes when we know that He loves us sooo much that He won't let us go through anything more then we're able to handle and to be able to leave every situation with Him so that He can work it for His glory, is not worth trading for even one iota of self-pity or worry or care.

It's really all about trusting God, isn't it?

Perfect peace, peace that passes all understanding. When the world is anxious - and really, they have a lot to be anxious about ... especially if they don't know who God is and how mighty He is - there is a God in Heaven who is looking at His creation and who knows exactly what to do.

And in that knowledge, I can rest assured and have that wonderful, unsurpassed, beyond understanding peace.

What an awesome God!!!