Isaiah 26:3
You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you,
whose thoughts are fixed on you! (New Living Translation)
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. (Amplified Bible)
God's peace is an everlasting peace, no matter how turbulent it
may be all around.
Philip 4:7, "The peace of God, which surpasses all
understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus."
Jehovah means, the God which changes not. The peace of Him which
changes not will keep you fixed in His peace.
Jesus said in John 15:7, "If you abide in Me, and My
words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you."
Even if this was the only promise in the Bible, all the world's
wealth, if compared to this promise, will only be like a drop.
When we become Christians God gives us a watch, to warn us when
things go wrong. Some Christians claim to be free and do not pay attention to God's watch
warning them not to go off the right road. They do as they please, and they end up
ship-wrecked.
A certain preacher picked up an hitch-hiker and immediately
started to speak to him about his soul. The man replied that he wanted nothing to do with
rules and regulations put down by God. He wants to be free and do as he pleases. The
preacher tried to press his point home, but the man refused. The preacher prayed for
wisdom. Eventually they entered a town, and the traffick light turned red. The preacher
simply accelerated and when the man cautioned him to slow down he replied, "I'm tired
of obeying all the regulations and rules of the road. I'm free and will do as I
please". Fortunately the hitch-hiker had a bit of insight and his mind opened, so
that he understood the lesson the preacher taught him.
We lose God's peace, when we do things not well-pleasing to Him.
His Watch warns us when something is wrong, and we need to give careful attention to this
Watch, lest we get badly hurt.
