"You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you."
This verse shows that as long as we trust God, we will have peace. When we don't trust God we worry and are concerned too much. God wants us to not worry and to trust that he has us and He is watching over us.
"All things work together for the good of those who love God." This is the main verse on why we can trust that God will work things out for us, no matter what happens to us. Something that seems bad might happen to you, but you can believe that God will work it out for good and then you can trust God, and then you can have peace. :)
Another good reminder from this verse is the importance of keeping our mind stayed on God. Like Paul said, "Set your minds on things above." And Joyce Meyer points out that that means set your mind and KEEP it set on things above. In Romans 8 Paul says, "The mind controlled by the flesh is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace." We need to let God's Holy Spirit control our minds and direct our thoughts, rather than our flesh directing our thoughts. We need to always think, "What would God want me to be thinking about right now?" And the answer is: "Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things." Amen. And if we think about only those things, we will have peace. Worry, concern, and fear are not in that list. Truth, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent and positive things are. :)
If we can learn to set our minds on the things of God and on good things, we will be able to stay in peace, no matter what might be going on around us.
Joyce Meyer wrote a famous book "The Battlefield of the Mind" and the mind really is a battlefield. Well, it only is a battlefield if we are willing to fight against any negative or fearful thoughts. It takes effort to force yourself to think on the positive things of your life. It's so easy to let our minds go to the negative, but we need to be diligent and intentional to focus on the good things. Amen.
"Do everything without complaining or arguing so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world." Amen! I've always loved that verse! We can't shine like lights if we are complaining all the time, because then we look just like the world. We are called to be thankful and positive and at peace. Amen. Don't complain or worry or be negative. Stay thankful so that you can stay in peace. Amen. :)
May God bless you all!
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