His perfect peace

Are we consumed by personal struggles and troubles of the day when we try to sleep at night? Or do we let them fester so to rob ourselves of much needed rest? Do we search for peace and comfort in substances, food, or drink to assuage the unrest within? Or do we feast on his word?

The world’s offerings of relief from the cares and burdens are available to us, but they are only a temporary crutch. They don’t solve the problems. There is a better way. For the children of God, the ones Christ calls his brethren, our Lord supplies us with real peace—not as the world gives—and it totally surpasses our understanding of how it works, but it does!

The world is a battlefield for control of our minds. The combat skirmishes will always be there until we’re promoted to heaven, but there is assurance that in Him, our battles are already won. Our deliverance is met in Jesus.

When struggles and trials seem bound to grab our soul and squeeze out our peace, rejoice in the Lord and count it all joy as the book of James states. Why? Because the Lord has overcome the world, and as a believer, you have the spirit of the Lord! Your trials and temptations are the chisel that conforms you to be more like Jesus. Let him do a good work in you by faithfully keeping your focus on him.