“You will keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on
You, because he trusts in You.” Isaiah 26:3.
This seems like a good verse
to ponder at the beginning of a day…assuming it is read in context; for the
context of Isaiah Chapter 26 includes repentance, judgement, warning, obedience
to God who is righteous, and above all the exaltation and glorification of
Yahweh. This is not some sort of positive thinking, it is not “name it and
claim it,” it is not a technique to make it through tough times – it is a life
lived in obedience to the Almighty, a mind fixed on the things of God, a man or
woman trusting in God with all the heart, soul, mind and strength.
The judgment of God swirls
around this chapter as a hurricane, and yet in the midst of God’s judgment
those who trust in Him not only find peace, they find perfect peace; it is not
something they do, it is what God does. Yes, we trust, but we do so by His
grace; then He keeps us, He guards us, He protects us.
While peace may be taken from
the earth (Luke 21:26; Revelation 6:4) the LORD our God keeps those who trust
in Him, those who make Him their refuge, those whose minds are fixed on Him
(Colossians 3:1-2).
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