“PEACE OF GOD!”

Philippians 4:5-7                          (ESV)

“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.”

Slowing down our lives to get on a frequency that allows us to hear the Voice of ALMIGHTY GOD is the simplest, yet most challenging things I have ever been able to do.   The enemy, who has an insatiable appetite for keeping our minds engaged with anything other than the things of GOD, delights in setting a pace in “this world” that doesn’t allow time for anything to do with GOD!  On the other hand, the “PEACE OF GOD” has proven to me to be far more valuable than anything “this world” has to offer.   

Especially when the events of recents weeks occur and it seems that chaos is rampant in our surroundings, it can be easy to become frustrated, even terrorized, by the carnage and turmoil that is happening.  But when we accept that the ONE WHO spoke Creation into existence (Colossians 1:15-17) is guarding our hearts and minds, why should we let the enemy dictate our emotions?  The LORD is at hand; so why should we be anxious about anything?  

This weekend as I observed my three year old granddaughter taking her afternoon nap, she has no fear because she knows her parents (and her Pops!) will gladly give their lives protecting her.  Our SPIRITual PARENT (John 4:24) is guarding our hearts and mind as we journey through this life.  HE is guiding us just as HE did the children of Israel during their Exodus with a Pillar of Cloud by day and A Pillar of Fire by night!  The “PEACE OF GOD” can be REAL for you, if you will accept WHO HE is????