~So Many Long for, the Perfect Peace of
Heart and Soul.~
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“You will keep in perfect peace all
who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you!” ~Isaiah 26:3 (NLT2)~
God gives His people
perfect peace. But perfect peace is given only to the person
whose mind or thoughts are fixed on Him (v.3). The word peace (shalom)
means to be in harmony with God, experiencing peace with God and the peace
of God. It means to be in such harmony with God that one is assured of
having all needs met. Peace gives a person the assurance of health, wholeness,
the absence of conflict, and strife within and without his soul. Peace
is the assurance of deliverance through hardship, accident, disease, and
calamity. The peace given by God is a quiet, restful soul; a sense of
purpose, contentment, fulfillment, and completion. God’s peace is the
assurance of present and future security, deliverance, and success. God’s peace
delivers a person through all the conflicts, strife, divisions, trials, and
temptations of this life.
However, note this important fact: the person who has such
peace is the person whose mind or thoughts stay fixed on the Lord. Through all
the turmoil of Isaiah’s day, the prophet Isaiah clearly experienced what so
many long for, the perfect peace of God—peace of heart and soul.
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“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” (Jn.14:27).
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“These things I have spoken unto you, that in
me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good
cheer; I have overcome the world” (Jn.16:33).
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“Therefore being justified by faith, we have
peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ” (Ro.5:1).
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“Be careful for nothing, but in everything
by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known
unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep
your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus” (Phil. 4:6-7).
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“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are
true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just,
whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely,
whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and
if there be any praise, think on these things. Those things, which ye
have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of
peace shall be with you” (Phil. 4:8-9).
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“And let the peace of God rule in your
hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. Let
the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing
one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your
hearts to the Lord” (Col.3:15-16).
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The Preacher's Outline & Sermon Bible – Isaiah I,
(Chattanooga: Leadership Ministries Worldwide, 2005), WORDsearch CROSS
e-book, Under: "J. God’s Works and the Protection of His Vineyard, His
People: God’s Great Care for His People, 26:1-27:13".
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