He will keep in perfect peace whose eyes are fixed on you
We naturally recoil at calling anything that has to do with us as “perfect.” The Scriptures, however, are constantly calling us to a Christian perfection. This is what the Bible describes as “perfect peace.” The word “peace” comes from “shalom,” the Hebrew word expressing the idea of wholeness, completeness, or tranquility in the soul that is unaffected by the outward circumstances or pressures. When the fruit of the Spirit is evident in your life, peace reigns in the soul. The package deal of entire sanctification includes peace that comes on the inside and rids the man of carnality and sin-a complete love for Christ without the world sharing a part. “My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed” (Psa. We must seek that keeping peace that comes with a life entirely devoted to Christ and a mind centered on Him. It’s simply not safe to neglect all that God provides. Truly, for each one of us, it will be Christ or chaos.
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The word peace in its very definition and scriptural meaning is “the rule of order in place of chaos.”Ĭhaos defines our world and chaos describes the life without God in full control. None of this is possible without His keeping peace. His ultimate goal is to give you an abundant entrance into Heaven. God has goals for your life that will make you fruitful and productive for His Kingdom.
The inner man becomes a victim of carnal pride, anger, jealousy, and lust. Like a bad case of vertigo, the entire spiritual world starts to spin out of control. Other people start to dictate what’s right and what’s wrong. Young people who start out “all in” are soon “up for sale.” Convictions once dear are soon let go. If there is not a peace on the inside, the currents of life will naturally wash away the spiritual life, no matter our determination or good intentions. Life is a long time, full of twists and turns, ups and downs. They do not understand this Divine promise: “Thou wilt keep Him in perfect peace.” But so few know of the double cure, and fewer still pursue that “holiness without which no man shall see the Lord.” They are not aware that there is a crisis experience whereby peace can replace carnality. They purpose to be all God wants them to be. It is the description of many professing Christians today. “a double minded man is unstable in all his ways.” This stems from the unsanctified heart accurately described in James 1: Whatever the storm on the outside, God’s sanctifying grace can make our hearts to be at peace. Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee.” Peace is one of the great fruits of the Spirit, one of the great attributes of the sanctified life-a peace this world cannot give and cannot take away. Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say, When peace like a river attendeth my way, While the storm howls about it, all is peace and safety on the inside. The picture of peace is not only the calm lake with a beautiful sunset painted with soft tones, but it is also the raging storm, painted in harsh tones, with a tiny songbird tucked safely in the shelter of an outcropping rock. Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee, because he trusteth in thee.” -Isaiah 26:3