Promise. Presence. Peace. These are the words swirling in my head this morning. Peace has actually been there since yesterday. I'm trying to figure out where the Lord is going with this. I guess you could call this a God visit developing. LOL.
My thoughts about peace yesterday were about where I felt at complete peace. In the morning and at the end of the day I feel the quietness and serenity of being in God's Presence. There just seems to be a hush surrounding those times of day for me. It can easily be disturbed though. Phones dinging, people interrupting, furry beings laying on my Bible....I am very protective of this quiet time with the Lord. My new practice is to leave the phone in another room.
My other times of absolute peace is when I take my breaks at work...I sit in my car and part of my time is spent with the Lord, the other part generally reading a book. It's in this solitude I can connect to the Lord and sense the quietness of His heart. The sounds of work and life fade, even the traffic noise is seemingly muted. It's beautiful.
This morning I am still running through this peace thingy in my mind. And I feel the Lord's leading to the promise of Jesus in John 14:27 which says, "I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid."
This peace is not just for the quiet times alone with the Lord. It's for all our times. Recently I heard a teaching on reminding ourselves that we were in God's Presence. He is everywhere so wherever we are at any given time we are in His Presence. That leads me to another promise of God in Hebrews 13:5 Don’t love money; be satisfied with what you have. For God has said, “I will never fail you. I will never abandon you.”
In taking God at His word, to be with us, to care for us and to leave His very own peace with us, we can remain in this quiet place each and every minute of our day. God promises never to leave us, so why shouldn't we be a peace? I know I want to live there! Oh, but my soul so easily becomes disturbed by life! Perhaps I need another physical memory helper to remind me of the peace that God says is mine. LOL I think I'll work on that.
Lord thank You for the promise of Your peace and Your Presence. You never leave us. Your care is perfect. We are always safe in Your arms. Lord, let these truths fill us with peace each moment. Help us to train our minds to hold onto these truths when life starts kicking up a fuss at us, when things don't go our way or when we feel confused and lost. You never let us go. Lord, I know this is so very hard to do...but if You say we can have Your peace always, then we can. Help us to learn to live there...give us constant reminders. Help us to yield to the Holy Spirit our roiling hearts. In Philippians 4:13 You remind us we can "do everything through Christ, who gives me strength." Another promise for us to cling to. Lord, teach us and lead us in this. In Jesus Name. Amen.
Look for your peace today.
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