Perfect Peace
"Thou
wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee: because
he trusteth in Thee." -Isaiah
26:3 [KJV]
What
is signified by a mind "stayed on" the Lord? At
least three things. First, to make the Lord the Portion of my soul.
All around us are those vainly seeking contentment in things: such as
money, and what it can buy, social prestige, fame, pleasures,
etc.—all of which are broken cisterns which hold no water. Only the
One who made us can satisfy the heart; only as our affection is set
upon "things above" do we drink of the Fountain of
living waters. Just in proportion as "Delight thyself also in
the LORD" (Psalm
37:4) will "perfect peace" be mine now.
Third, to leave the future entirely with God. And why not? Are not my "times" in His hand (Psalm 31:15)? Has He not graciously cared for me and faithfully supplied my every need hitherto? Then why be fearful of what lies ahead? Has He not promised never to leave nor forsake me! Just in proportion as I live a day at a time, and "Take therefore no anxious thought for the morrow" (Matthew 6:34) will "perfect peace" be mine even now. But each of these three things is dependent upon the exercise of FAITH; as the text says "because he trusteth in Thee." O to know more of this experimentally.
-Gospel
report by preacher Arthur Pink
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