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“You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you!” Isaiah 26:3 NLT
Peace is hard to come by. Total peace is unthinkable in our day and is reserved for Utopia. But every Christian can have their utopia in the here and now. Utopia is described as ‘any idealized place of perfection.’ The prophet Isaiah writes, “You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you.” (Is.26:3a nlt) The word ‘perfect’ in Scripture has the meaning of ‘completeness.’ So, it is possible to have ‘total’, ‘complete’ perfect peace in this life.
Perfect peace has been evaded from many Christians by the cares of this world. Granted, there are many things we should care about, but not to the extreme. Besides, our cares and worries should be handed over to God. There is no need for us to put excess stress on ourselves for those things God is in control. He will guide us and give us wisdom in handling our daily concerns.
A more important aspect of achieving perfect peace is to keep our thoughts fixed on God. The old King James says, ‘whose mind is stayed on thee.’ ‘Stayed’ meaning, ‘to lean, lay, rest, support, uphold.’ When our minds are totally fixed of God, leaning on Him, thinking and resting in His presence we won’t have time to think about what has the potential to take away our peace. We still have many concerns that need dealing with, but when our focus is God, He will give us the peace and strength to see them through in perfect peace.
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