'Un-understandable' peace

When we have too much - responsibility, worry, anxiety - on our plate, there will probably be one appointment we forget about, or maybe one friendship that we neglect. How can we get through? Searching for advice from godly church elders, magazine articles or knowledgeable bloggers is useful, and probably provides good tips on how to de-stress, but they will never get to the root of the issue.

Human advice will help us feel calm for a few days, but wouldn't constant peace be better? How could we possibly have access to that? Bonus points for those who answered 'God'. 'After sending the people away, [Jesus] went up a mountain to pray by himself. When evening came, he was there alone' (Matthew 14:23 GWT). Jesus understood that when life got stressful and hectic, the best thing to do was spend time with his Father. And when we do that, we'll experience the 'peace of God, which transcends all understanding' (Philippians 4:7 NIV). Jesus knew that taking himself away from people, problems and situations just to be with God was vital.

God has so many beautiful and powerful promises for our life with him. These promises are there to provide us with a supernatural peace. When we go to the one 'who created all the stars' (Isaiah 40:26 NLT) and put our peace-roots down in him, he will fulfil this for us.



So what now? Read Isaiah 40:26-31 slowly. Then, sit somewhere alone and pray for God's peace - 'which exceeds anything we can understand' (Philippians 4:7 NLT) - to be with you.





— SCRIPTURE —

'God's peace... exceeds anything we can understand.' Philippians 4:7 NLT
— SOULFOOD —

1 Chr 7:20-9:44, Mark 2:13-22, Ps 78:40-55, Pro 20:4-6