Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength (Isa. 26:3, 4).
Dozens of books have been written during late years on the subject of soul peace and how to have it, but here is the real secret--trust in God. Robert Louis Stevenson tells the story of a ship caught in a storm off a rocky coast. When the terror of the people was at its highest, one man braver than the rest made his perilous way to the pilothouse. There he saw the pilot lashed to his post with his hands on the wheel and a smile on his face. The passenger rushed back to the deck below shouting, "All is well. We shall be saved. I saw the pilot and he smiled at me." That smiling face averted panic and converted despair into hope.
So if by faith we see the face of the Pilot of Galilee, the despair of life disappears, and the soul is filled with peace and hope. To see God's face in Christ brings peace to us. Our Savior is the "Prince of Peace" (Isa. 9:6), and He says to all who trust in Him, "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid" (John 14:27). Do we have His peace?
The ancients used to inscribe by the tombs of their dead, "Non est [He is not]." The difference that Jesus makes is found in John Bunyan's sweet words: "The Pilgrim they laid in a...chamber, whose window opened toward the sun-rising; the name of the chamber was Peace, where he slept till break of day."
When the mind is stayed on God, there is everlasting strength, and therefore peace. As Herbert Hoover said, "Peace is not made in documents, but in the hearts of men." This inner peace comes to us when we really trust in God, who will fill us "with all joy and peace in believing" (Rom. 15:13).
MEDITATION PRAYER: "Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them" (Ps. 119:165).
Dozens of books have been written during late years on the subject of soul peace and how to have it, but here is the real secret--trust in God. Robert Louis Stevenson tells the story of a ship caught in a storm off a rocky coast. When the terror of the people was at its highest, one man braver than the rest made his perilous way to the pilothouse. There he saw the pilot lashed to his post with his hands on the wheel and a smile on his face. The passenger rushed back to the deck below shouting, "All is well. We shall be saved. I saw the pilot and he smiled at me." That smiling face averted panic and converted despair into hope.
So if by faith we see the face of the Pilot of Galilee, the despair of life disappears, and the soul is filled with peace and hope. To see God's face in Christ brings peace to us. Our Savior is the "Prince of Peace" (Isa. 9:6), and He says to all who trust in Him, "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid" (John 14:27). Do we have His peace?
The ancients used to inscribe by the tombs of their dead, "Non est [He is not]." The difference that Jesus makes is found in John Bunyan's sweet words: "The Pilgrim they laid in a...chamber, whose window opened toward the sun-rising; the name of the chamber was Peace, where he slept till break of day."
When the mind is stayed on God, there is everlasting strength, and therefore peace. As Herbert Hoover said, "Peace is not made in documents, but in the hearts of men." This inner peace comes to us when we really trust in God, who will fill us "with all joy and peace in believing" (Rom. 15:13).
MEDITATION PRAYER: "Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them" (Ps. 119:165).
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