“You will keep in
perfect peace him, whose mind is stayed on thee, because he trusts in you.”
Isaiah 26:3
“Oh please stay, don’t
go yet!”
This is the plea we
might make when we really enjoy another person’s company.
When I think of the
word ‘stayed’ in the verse above that is how I imagine it.
We are in that place
of perfect peace because we keep our mind focused on God’s presence.
There is no better
present than the peace that comes from His presence.
We fix our gaze on
Him and keep it fixed on Him.
As we do, we walk in
that perfect peace.
That is why someone
can be in the midst of chaos and turmoil and yet still have perfect peace.
Their focus is not on
the chaos and turmoil but instead it is fixed on God.
David knew this
secret.
That is why he could
encourage himself in the Lord when the world around him seem to be crumbling.
That is why he could
write:
“Yea, though I walk
through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art
with me…”
Our feathers seemed
to get ruffled over the simplest of disruptions.
We have not always
remembered to ‘stay and not go’ from that secret place in His presence. That place
of perfect peace.
Do you know the
address of perfect peace?
It is Isaiah 26:3.
It is in His
presence.
Make that your
dwelling place.
Please stay and don’t
go!
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