"THE PEACE OF GOD!"

Philippians 4:4-7              (ESV)

"4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice.

5 Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The LORD is at hand;

6 DO NOT BE ANXIOUS ABOUT ANYTHING, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to GOD.

7 And "THE PEACE OF GOD", which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in CHRIST JESUS."

Life, in general, can present many different issues, most of which I fail to recognize as being first and foremost Spiritual matters.   I've yet to meet the person who has the distinct ability TOTALLY separate "this world" and its myriad of problems from the overwhelming and assuring Peace that ONLY KNOWING JESUS CHRIST can bring.  

Convalescing from recent heart surgery has once again slowed my life down to allow me to SEE that sometimes we tend to become so comfortable and confident in our own abilities to live a life that WE approve of, instead of serving a Righteous and Holy GOD NO MATTER where HIS protective HOLY SPIRIT leads us (Exodus 13:21-22)!  Common Sense would have told anyone that the journey to the Promised Land was at best a week away from the Exodus from Egypt!  There seemed to be no need to drag out the inevitable of allowing the Israelites to inhabit the Land that HOD HIMSELF had promised to Abraham hundreds of years earlier.   

As for me, I always "expect" GOD to manifest HIMSELF in the way I expect HIM to be seen?   But how many times has GOD revealed HIMSELF to me through, say a Sea Gull, or a social media meme, or something as simple as the Wind blowing in a soft, cool breeze?   GOD, in HIS Majesty, will not be constrained by our finite minds.  HIS grandiose Plan isn't limited by the distance between where we are and where we perceive it is we are headed.  What GOD has planned for our lives is far better than anything we could have imagined (Jeremiah 29:11) and we just need to TRUST HIM to provide the guidance and deliverance that ONLY HE can through HIS HOLY SPIRIT.   

Please "BE STILL, AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD" (Psalms 46:10) and seek out and know HIS leadership for your life.   Just saying that HE is leading you and your family and loved ones when everything is going the path you are expecting can be a simple act of obedience.  But when the storms are blowing your ship completely off the course you had imagined for your life, don't assume you have missed what GOD has Planned for your future.  HE may need you to go through a Wilderness experience to glorify HIS Name where  "THE PEACE OF GOD", which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in CHRIST JESUS."