“Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. 4. Trust ye in the Lord forever: for in the Lord JEHOVAH is everlasting strength.”
The more I read these two verses, the more they spoke to me. I said, “man these two verses are loaded.” What I finally concluded about the verses is that they reveal to us the value of trusting in God. Frankly, I don’t even want to think about life without putting my trust in Him, but a lot of people today do not put their trust in Him. One value of trusting in God is that He keeps the person who trusts Him in “perfect peace.” The word that struck me here was “keeps.” This means that when we trust in God He holds onto us, and He makes sure that we have perfect peace. (It is “perfect” peace because it is given by Him.) I am reminded of what Jesus said to His disciples about His peace in John 16:31: “These things have I spoken unto you, that in Me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” Jesus did not promise, and He still does not promise, that we would be in peaceful circumstances all of the time; but He did promise that we will have peace in all circumstances if we put our trust in Him. In a sense, Jesus was telling His disciples, and us, that He will keep us in “perfect peace.” This inner peace can only come through trusting in Christ. I am happy that I know where my peace lies. It does not lie in circumstances, but in Jesus. I hope that you realize the same thing. Praise Him now because of this. Another value of trusting in God is that we can have this peace when our minds are “stayed” on Him. One thing that the devil does not want is for our minds to be “stayed” on God. David Jeremiah wrote: “We battle against principalities and powers that would seek to take our minds off of God who is our salvation. Anything the devil can do to make us doubt God’s love, Christ’s sufficiency, and the power of the Holy Spirit, he will do. Peace is kept by staying focused on what is true, on what God says.” I can only add a hearty “amen” to that. I personally know, and you probably do too, that the devil will do anything to keep me away from the Bible, from prayer, from Christian fellowship and from good Christian literature, because when he does that my mind is not “stayed” on the Lord. This reminds us that we are completely dependent on God for peace in our hearts. This peace is promised to those whose minds are “stayed” on God and on those who trust in Him. The last value of trust that I see in this text is that our trust is in one who has “everlasting strength.” Strength is one thing, but “everlasting strength” is another thing. There are all kinds of strong people out there. There are people who can lift vast amounts of weight. But there is no man on this earth who has everlasting strength. We can trust our lives, and the well-being of our families to God because His strength is above anything in this world that we can lean on. In the Old Testament, Jewish kings got in trouble when they trusted in the powerful nations of their day to deliver them instead of leaning on the strength of God. I know that when things are not going well, we can be tempted to look to the world for the strength that we need. And, yes, God has people out there who can help us, but we need to be sure that our ultimate trust in is in our great Lord. He alone has the everlasting strength that we need to get us through. It is my prayer that these two short verses from Isaiah have given you a lift and a new vision of what trusting in God can do for your life. Bro. Joe
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