GOD'S PERFECT PEACE

Proclamation:

"You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in You.  Trust in The LORD forever, for The LORD, The LORD, is the Rock eternal."  Isaiah 26:3-4 (NIV)  In the King James version of the Bible it reads: "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."

Explanation:

The Prophet Isaiah, often referred to as the greatest of the prophets, said that God will grant His perfect peace to those believers who have their mind fixed on Him, and who trust in Him, for in The Lord God there is everlasting strength.

Application:                                                                                                                                             The concept of God's perfect peace is beyond human comprehension and explanation.  The Lord God could allow someone to attain such a state of peace here on earth.  However, the conditions for attaining this would require being someone whose mind was focused on The Lord all of the time, and who trusted in The Lord for all things and in all situations.  The best way that I can explain it is that God's perfect peace would not only be the absence of conflict, strife, suffering, and turmoil, but it would also include all of the blessings of a right relationship with God, and all which that entails.  This may be possible for a believer to accomplish during and shortly after periods of effectual fervent prayer and meditation.  This will be an inner peace and an outward peace.  It will reflect having peace of mind and being at peace with God, a period of no earthly concerns.  Although it may be possible through prayer for us to experience this for a few brief moments here on earth, for most of us, perpetual perfect peace will only be attained after death when we are in the presence of The Lord.  Enjoying God's perfect peace should be the goal of every believer.