Psalm 62:1-2,5-8 “My soul waits in silence for God alone; from Him comes my salvation. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my stronghold; I will not be greatly shaken. My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my hope is from Him. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my refuge; I will not be shaken. My salvation and my glory rest on God; the rock of my strength, my refuge is in God. Trust in Him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts before Him.”
God loves us and is working on our behalf al the time. But, the only time that we are going to have perfect peace is when we truly trust in God. The Lord Jesus said in Matthew 7:24-25 “Therefore, everyone who hears these words of Mine, and acts on them, will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock.” – meaning rock solid security and peace are found only in God. We can experience this if we fix our mind and thoughts on Jesus. God has blessed each one of us with the ability to think, but we can allow our thoughts lead us into a place of total despair, if we allow ourselves to. Yet, we can allow our thought to lead us into a place of refuge, our rock, salvation and unshakable stronghold with the Almighty. King David said in Psalm 139:1-2 “Lord, You have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down and when I get up; You understand my thought from far away.” The Apostle Paul states in Romans 8:27a “God already knows our deepest thoughts.” God knows what we are thinking and the thoughts that can take us way from that perfect peace of mind, so He is ready to hear from us because He cares.
Jesus Christ is our Savior, Redeemer, Healer and the Baptizer of the Holy Spirit; the King of kings. Christians need to lift up our eyes, lift up our hearts, and lift up our thoughts to the Lord of Lords – Jesus Christ. The church body of Believers needs to trust in the Lord and His perfect plan and purpose for our lives. Then, we will experience His perfect peace for wholeness. What occupies your thoughts today? Are our minds fixed upon the problems of life, or on the Fixer of problems? In whom do we put our trust? God’s perfect peace is sufficient for every part of our lives, including the storms of life we encounter. We all need to be better at fixing our thoughts on our heavenly Father and Jesus, the Prince of Peace.
Romans 12:1-2 “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.”
Does your thinking need to be transformed? God’s prophet tells us in Isaiah 26:3-4,12 “The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect peace, because he trusts in You. Trust in the Lord forever, for in God the Lord, we have an everlasting Rock. Lord, You will establish peace for us, since You have also performed for us all our works.” As material people in a physical world tend to believe that we alone think up the plans that make us successful in life, but forget that our Maker gave us the brain and ability to think in the first place. Know that you are fearfully and wonderfully made by your Creator and be truly grateful. Affirm the relationship that you have with your heavenly Father, reconciled through Christ, and experience the peace that all of God’s people can know, if you focus vertically upward and only glance horizontally at what is going on around you. We are going to experience hardships, negative circumstances and difficult situations in our lives, but God can give you peace in and through all of them; they are like water rolling off a duck’s back. But, the only way that happens is if we put our trust and thoughts in Him.
In everything that we encounter in this life, we can put our trust in God. The Lord God Almighty is in control and has the power to bring peace and soul-rest to your life. Soul-rest is deeper than any other kind of rest you’ve experienced. It’s not circumstantial, nor does it need to be renewed. Soul-rest, rather, has its roots in something unshakable. It is rooted in faith and confidence that we’re deeply and unconditionally loved, held safe in the arms of our heavenly Father. Soul-rest comes when we trust God fully, which is quite different from merely saying we trust God. Words will not give us the rest our souls long for. Trust will. When we declare Jesus to be the Lord of our lives, meaning He’s not just someone we read about in the Bible, something changes in us. And when we think and live like He is worthy of our complete faith and trust, then we start to experience the soul-rest He offers. Rely on God and His holy Word, standing on the promises of God in Holy Scripture and praying; focusing on Him. Are you in the Word of God, reading your Bible daily? Let God bring your mind to a place of perfect peace and rest.
Today, thank God for what He has done in your life. In God We Trust. Ephesians 3:20-21 “Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever.” Amen.
In Christ, Brian
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