PERFECT PEACE

"You will keep him in perfect peace, 

whose mind is stayed on You, 

because he trusts in You. 

(Isaiah 26.3, NKJV)

My previous blog post spoke about surrendering our lives to Jesus

Christ even when we find ourselves in horrible circumstances. This does not just apply to the broken-hearted or people with disabilities or incurable diseases: It is imperative that everyone give their lives to Christ with complete abandon. In Him is perfect joy, perfect peace. Tears of sorrow and tears of joy can simultaneously flow together. I know this from personal experience.

So often during times of terrible attacks of disease when multiple sclerosis ravaged my body, I would be awakened in the middle of night to discover a presence. It was Him. He would speak to my anguished soul: "Be not afraid, I AM with you." Perfect peace would descend on me cutting through the fear that occupied my heart.

"My soul yearns for you in the night;

In the morning my spirit longs for you."

(Isaiah 26.9.)

When daylight came the fading fragrance of the Comforter still lingered like perfume and I found myself desiring Christ's overwhelming and vivid presence to engulf me once again in perfect peace.

Give your life daily to Jesus Christ and rest in His perfect peace that transcends the storms of this life. 

[Click on the image below for Laura Story's song "Perfect Peace" or go here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmFd0MvU7zo ]