[TRUE PEACE] Colossians 3:15, And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. Gods peace is something that every one of us born-again (Joh 3:3) believers has. Its a fruit of the Spirit (Ga 5:22). That peace is always umpiring; we just dont always pay attention. How many times have we acted contrary to the peace in our hearts, and after we experience disaster, we say, I never did feel good about that. That was the peace of God umpiring, but we played by our own rules. There are some things we can do to facilitate the peace of God umpiring in our hearts. First, we should consider all the options. Many wrong decisions have been made because not all the options were considered. We cant let fear rule out Gods possibilities. We should use our imaginations to explore what will happen with each choice. We should be able to discern a greater peace as we consider the option the Lord would have us take. That is not to say that there will be total peace with any of the choices. In our spirits, there will be total peace over the right choice, but we arent always totally in the Spirit; it is not unusual for there to be some turmoil. Just as an umpire has to make a call, we need to be bold enough to follow the direction that gives the most peace. The rudder on a ship cant give any direction until the ship is moving. The ship doesnt have to be going full steam ahead for the rudder to work, but it does have to be moving. Likewise, we have to act before the peace of God will give us perfect direction. Even if we make a mistake, we will have made it in faith, trying to follow the peace of God in our hearts. The Lord can bless a wrong decision made in faith from a pure heart more than He can bless indecision (Ro 14:23).
Posted on: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 12:39:12 +0000
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