Knowing the Peace of God

In the Amplified translation verse 3 of Isaiah 26 reads:

"You will guard him and keep him in perfect and constant peace whose mind [both its inclination and its character] is stayed on You, because he commits himself to You, leans on You, and hopes confidently in You."

This is a very encouraging verse as it reminds Christians of the importance of keeping their mind focused on God. We can be assured that we will all face various problems and difficulties in this life. If we try to sort these out under our own strength we will not get very far. However, if we focus on God and place our hope and trust in him we can know his help. This does not mean things will be easy! But it does mean that we can know God's peace which transcends all understanding that Paul mentions in Philippians 4:7.

This is a tremendous privilege for us to know his peace. In spending time focusing on God, whether that be bible study, prayer or praise and worship we can know his peace in our life.

As the classic hymn written by Joseph M. Scriven says:

What a friend we have in Jesus,
all our sins and griefs to bear!
What a privilege to carry
everything to God in prayer!
O what peace we often forfeit,
O what needless pain we bear,
all because we do not carry
everything to God in prayer.