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Perfect Peace

             You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you. You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you. (Isaiah 26:3)

             Steadfast: resolutely or dutifully firm and unwavering.

            If someone is steadfast because they trust in God, no matter what goes on around them, they are going to trust in God. If someone really trusts in God, they are going to be steadfast in mind, and they will have perfect peace. It seems as if having a steadfast mind is having peace, meaning that God doesn’t have to supernaturally supply it. We will be given peace if we have peace. Well, what good is that?

            The problem isn’t that God gives us something we already have, and only if we have it. The problem is that we need God to add peace to our minds because we can’t be as steadfast as we need to be. We need Him to keep us in peace because naturally, we can’t stay there indefinitely by ourselves. Eventually, the “winds and waves boisterous” will wear down our natural steadfastness like water through sand.

            The other point of interest is that David said that God will keep in perfect peace those who trust in God. This perfect peace isn’t offered to those who trust in their circumstances working out the way they want. The person isn’t steadfastly trusting anything about the situation. He is trusting God.

 

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