Isaiah 26:3-4 (NASB)
3 “The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect peace, Because he trusts in You.
4 “Trust in the LORD forever, For in GOD the LORD, we have an everlasting Rock.

These verses in Isaiah give us hope. They give us knowledge of an everlasting, never changing God.

As I was meditating on them this week, they also reveal to us an attitude that we must have if we are to benefit from God’s promise. Here is another way to express verse 3.

Because I trust in God, He will give me a confidence that brings within me perfect peace.

That perfect peace is a result of my perfect trust in Him. I don’t know about you, but I have never experienced Perfect Peace. I’ve experienced peace of mind many times, actually more in the last few years than in any other time of my life. But I don’t think I really know what perfect peace is. There is a perfection in God that we as humans cannot understand. Yet it is there for us if we truly trust in God.

I can speculate on what perfect peace involves. It surely includes a state of mind without worry, without any doubts, with no anxiety or concerns with the daily trials of life. It is a state of mind completely focused on God, trusting Him in all things as we worship Him. I don’t know about you, but that is very appealing. I believe it is what we will experience in heaven.

The more we trust, the more peace He will bring to us. While perfect peace may not be something we can fully attain before we see Jesus in Glory, it is something to aspire to, to work towards, something to pray for.

Join me in praying for the Holy Spirit to show us how to trust God more fully each day and that we would experience the peace of God.

Always praying for the glory of God,