“You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.”
God never changes whether we are surrounded by a storm or calm. Our sight set on Him He is our peace.
Peace is a person and resting in Him becomes a weapon. In Him we are hidden from the enemy and our mind is transformed and in the right place. We become in a place where we can do an act of violence upon the enemy.
Spiritual war is less about screaming at the enemy and more about resting in the Lord.
“The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.”
Victory is when the grace of Jesus is within us and anchored there we can take every thought captive.
He will keep In perfect peace he whose mind is stayed in Him.
It transcends and overrides our understanding.
“do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
In this place of forgoing our right to understand but instead trusting we are in the strong tower and safe.
A mindset of understanding that stops at that of a peaceful day does not cover the kingdom peace that we can live in.
Jesus provokes the enemy with His peace that is born of victory not from retreat.
The season we are called into is trusting in psalm 23. The world is in turmoil and we have the shepherd not only tending our needs but spiritually at warfare protecting us from the giants of bears and wolves. Equipped to slay the Goliath giants as was David because we know God well.
Peace takes ground and damages the darkness. It is not passive but effective to flood darkness with light. The world in the season of chaos and God laughs and knows we shall lack nothing.
“He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in derision.”
Those we saw as shepherds pasturing their flock’s needs are arising now with the sceptre of power and authority held as well as the familiar crook.
Jesus, the good shepherd must not be limited but allowed to move forward.
We lack nothing. We lack lack. Having everything we need we will fear no evil.
We are at peace. Peace is our weapon. The God of peace reigns.
The illustration shows us resting in peace within the strong tower, the Shepherd with the sceptre to rule His kingdom and crook to provide for His flock. Light emanating to push back the darkness.
Four Scriptures that come to mind:
“You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.” Isaiah 26:3-4 ESV
“The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.” Romans 16:20 ESV
“do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:6-7 ESV
“He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in derision.”Psalm 2:4 ESV
The song Peace. Bethel
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