“You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You. Trust in the Lord forever, For in YAH, the Lord, is everlasting strength.” Isaiah 26:3-4 (NKJV)
What an encouraging passage yet what a difficult concept for us to understand–“In perfect peace…” Is it possible to have perfect peace in this world? Are we able to understand the possibility of finding perfect peace in God just by trusting in Him? A few months ago, I received unexpected news, and not the good kind. It completely surprised me and I felt so unsure of what the future might look like for me. I remember just sitting there, shocked at the news and thinking, “Lord, what would you have me do now?” I then lifted up my voice in prayer and I asked for guidance. I knew that this turn of events was not a mistake but a part of God’s plan for my life. It seemed like a perplexity to me but to God it was one of His “higher thoughts” to mine (Is 55:9).
Through this situation, God wanted to teach me what it truly meant to lean on Him. He wanted to show me that even though there is turmoil in my life, there is definitely peace to be found in Him. But to reach that extent of trust, I also had to learn to keep my mind on Him. I knew that I had to leave all my worries and doubts at the foot of the cross and believe deep down in my heart that the King of kings was still in control of everything. In previous experiences, He has shown me that to trust in Him means to let go of my control and give it all to Him. And as verse four said, I wasn’t just to trust Him once or twice but every day even with the tiniest of things. Trusting Him is a decision we have to make again and again every day. We are distrustful humans by nature. We tend to rely more on our strength and it seems difficult and at other times impossible to let Someone greater than us take a hold of the situation. But if we want to have that “perfect peace” as promised in Isaiah, then we must take that step of trust. We must believe that God sees and knows the future. Even though we can’t see why certain things happen, our faith will not be crushed but instead, will become stronger in Him.
As I began to trust in God more with every passing day, I began to feel a certain peace. It was a peace that cannot be found in the distractions of this world. I began to experience that peace which passes all understanding. It was a “perfect peace”. Walking with Christ doesn’t exempt us from life’s challenges but it does allow us to experience His perfect peace which the world will never be able to offer us. “We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;” (2 Cor 4:8-9). May we learn to trust in our God even with the smallest insignificant parts of our lives so we may experience that joy and peace as the storm rages around us.
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