One that will actually give us the peace of mind we’re looking for. As soon as another stressful event happens, we’ll be right back where we started in the first place.īut when peace of mind doesn’t come easily, instead of turning ourselves into workaholics or new age gurus, we have another option available to us. But the peace the world offers won’t last long. Maybe then we’ll see peace of mind manifest itself.Īnd we might, just might, find a little bit of peace in these worldly things. If we can’t find it in our work, then we could try some crazy eastern religion, chanting, standing on one leg and putting burning, hot rocks all over our body. If we work harder and run ourselves ragged, maybe we will find peace of mind and some security to fall back on. The world tells us that peace of mind comes from money and success. Maybe that’s because we are looking for peace in the wrong places. Instead of peace and tranquility, our lives are filled with turmoil and stress. It seems like we are always in the pursuit of it and somehow, peace of mind eludes us. But peace of mind is a mystery that few of us have figured out. And we all want to feel like we have stability and a safety net just in case we need it. Not in the creature, nor in any creature enjoyment, nor in their riches, nor in their righteousness, nor in their own hearts, nor in any carnal privileges: only in the Lord, as exhorted to in the next verse ( Isaiah 26:4 ) in the Word of the Lord, as the Targum, that is, in Christ.We all want peace of mind. Or "fixed" on the love of God, rooted and grounded in that, and firmly persuaded of interest in it, and that nothing can separate from it on the covenant and promises of God, which are firm and sure and on the faithfulness and power of God to make them good, and perform them and on Christ the Son of God, and Saviour of men upon him as a Saviour, laying the whole stress of their salvation on him upon his righteousness, for their justification upon his blood and sacrifice, for atonement, pardon, and cleansing on his fulness, for the supply of their wants on his person, for their acceptance with God and on his power, for their protection and preservation see ( Isaiah 10:20 ) ( 50:10 ) ( Psalms 112:7 Psalms 112:8 ) : because he trusteth in thee Peace with God in Christ through his blood, in a way of believing, and as the fruit and effect of his righteousness being received by faith this is not always felt, received, and enjoyed in the soul yet the foundation of it always is, and is perfect and besides, this peace is true, real, and solid in which sense the word "perfect" is used, in opposition to a false and imaginary one and it will end in perfect peace in heaven: moreover, the word "perfect" is not in the Hebrew text, it is there "peace, peace" which is doubled to denote the certainty of it, the enjoyment of it, and the constancy and continuance of it and as expressive of all sorts of peace, which God grants unto his people, and keeps for them, and them in as peace with God and peace with men, peace outward and peace inward, peace here and peace hereafter and particularly it denotes the abundance of peace that believers will have in the kingdom of Christ in the latter day see ( Psalms 72:7 ) ( Isaiah 9:7 ) : mind stayed
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