Monday, December 17, 2012

Perfect Peace

Isaiah 26:3 KJV
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

To remember that Isaiah lived in a day of impending trouble adds much meaning to this passage. His days saw
  • The devastation of the Northern Kingdom
  • The coronation of the wicked king Ahaz (who sacrificed his own children to idols)
  • The siege of Jerusalem under Assyria
While his people survived all of these (at least during his lifetime) still, living under such threats for decades would have been terrible to say the least. These were a people who potentially had no peace of mind. Every day was a new day to fret over the possibilities. It was in the middle of this sort of threat that Isaiah writes of perfect peace.

I think we are living in a similar time. People who love the American way sense that it is about to fall apart. I don't know when it will happen and I don't know what shape the collapse will take, but it just feels like we're coming unraveled.
  • Some people are stockpiling food and water
  • Some are doing the same with guns and ammunition
  • Some, I think, have given up and sided with the other side
I believe God's Word. If we keep our minds stayed upon Him; we will experience perfect peace even in the midst of this storm. 

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