You keep him in perfect peace
whose mind is stayed on you,
because he trusts in you. Isaiah 26:3
Peace and trust to go together. Peace is a fruit of the Spirit. Peace grows as we allow Holy Spirit to work in our lives. When we start worrying, it is because we are not trusting in Him. I tell my clients, "you cannot be anxious and at peace at the same time". The answer to anxiety is peace and relaxation.
When we are anxious, we are not thinking with a rational brain, we are running on emotions. Our emotional brain cannot be trusted. Many people tell me they know their worries are not rational. Yet they still do it because their mind plays tricks on them.
There is a reason our minds have to be conformed. We are told to take our thoughts captive and are told to think on positive thoughts. We need these things to get out of our emotions and back to our thinking brain.
Many people experience traumatic events but don't experience a traumatic response. The reason is the emotional response gets trapped for the person who responds in trauma. Then anything that acts as a trigger brings back up that same feelings and the rational brain shuts down. So we need to renew our mind to be stayed on Christ.
We needtTo know regardless of what we are facing, that we can trust Him. If we are in the storm, we can trust Him. If we are in the valley or on the mountain top we can trust Him. If we are in the wilderness, we can trust Him. When we are in lack or in plenty, we can trust Him. If the doctor tells us there is no hope, we can still trust in Him. There's nothing we will face in life that we can't trust God with and through. When we trust on Him, we keep our minds stayed on Him, He will give us perfect peace.
Lord I thank You for the peace that comes only when we keep our mind stayed on You. Thank You that regardless what we face we can trust in You. Thank You that You have always been faithful even when I face difficult circumstances in my life. I've always been there to see me through. In Jesus name Amen
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