Philippians 4:6-7 " Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto GOD. And the peace of GOD, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through CHRIST JESUS. "
In today's text, the LORD commands us to "be careful (anxious) for nothing" (v.6). Yes, as difficult as it may sound, absolutely no circumstance in your life ever ought to arise that should cause you to worry. How is this even possible ? With all of life's problems and uncertainties, how could we ever avoid anxiety altogether ? The answer is found in our text: We must take any potentially worrisome situation to the LORD in prayer and allow HIM to bear our burden and give us the strength to press forward according to HIS will. HE personally invites us to bring our requests and problems to HIM in a spirit of thankfulness (v.6 cf. 1st.Peter 5:7). Only when we heed this text and cast all our anxieties upon the LORD will we experience "the peace of GOD, which passeth all understanding " (v.7). Who would not want GOD's peace ?
R.A. Torrey once said that verse seven of today's text describes the result of obeying verse six. He wrote: " The peace of GOD is the guard set over hearts and minds to guard them from all foes. CHRIST JESUS HIMSELF is the citadel in which they are guarded. It is when we put away all anxiety about everything and commit it ALL to GOD in prayer and supplication with thanksgiving that the peace of GOD does guard our hearts and thoughts.... The peace of GOD is the heart rest HE bestows. It is HIS own infinite peace communicated to us. It passeth all power of thought; it is perfect; it is infinite. " Yes, the blessed peace that our LORD wants to give us is inexhaustible. Our infinite GOD desires to provide us with HIS infinite strength to overcome every foe in order to possess HIS infinite peace - even while we live in this difficult, wearisome world. MDC
Your servant in CHRIST,
Julie
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