" Incomparable Peace "

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 passes all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through CHRIST JESUS."

     The LORD promises incomparable peace - peace that passes understanding ! Is that not amazing ? But what does it mean, and how do we have it, especially when the bottom seems to have dropped out from our world and we find ourselves reeling from the news that bombards us each day and from the dangers that escalate almost moment by moment ? In writing to the believers in Philippi, the Apostle Paul provided a list of three components that comprise a formula for experiencing the "peace of GOD." they are, according to verse six: "Do not worry, pray about everything, and be thankful for anything." These are such simple rules, and yet we so often short-circuit the process, causing us to live in fear rather than in GOD's available peace.

     Let us look at the three elements for a moment. First: Do Not Worry - worry is accepting responsibility that GOD never intended us to have. Conscious, deliberate refusal to trouble ourselves over what is not our responsibility must be our reply to the various troubles of life. YOU cannot fix them, but GOD can. Second: Pray about everything - yes, everything. Nothing is too small, too insignificant, too petty to take to our heavenly FATHER nor nothing too large to cast upon HIM (1st.Peter 5:7). Third, Be thankful for anything. If something comes from the hand of GOD or is tempered by the heart of GOD, then it is for your good - thank HIM that HE has a purpose in it; thank HIM for keeping you in the midst of the trouble; thank HIM that HE will see you through. Let the LORD's spiritual military guard "keep your hearts and minds through CHRIST JESUS" (v.7) and experience HIS peace that goes beyond human comprehension. JED

Your servant in CHRIST,

Julie

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