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3 Ways to Be in God’s Peace

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If you are going through difficulties in your life that are causing worry and fear—as I sometimes do, here are three points to follow in order to keep you in God’s peace.

1. Ask God to help you overcome your troubles and fears and He who is the God of peace will keep your heart and mind in His peace.

    Philippians 4:6-7

    Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

    2. Know that He is the God of love and power and since we have the mind of Christ, we have this same love and power. And so, with this mind we will be able to cast out, in Jesus name, any spirit of fear; it is of the devil.

    1 Corinthians 2:16

    For “who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.

    2 Timothy 1:7

    For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

    3. I noticed that if my mind thinks of good and Godly things my mind is more at peace and less fearful. God and His peace are with me.

    Philippians 4:8-9

    Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy — meditate on these things. 9 The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you.

    Struggles

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    It seems that there are constant struggles going on in me. The struggle between the flesh and the spirit is foremost, and is present for every Christian. However, for one that has given into the flesh there is less of a struggle—Satan has him. So, I guess I can be glad, because a struggle indicates that I am still in the war and God is still using me. Nonetheless, I don’t care for the struggle, especially when I am losing the battle of the mind—letting impure thoughts take hold. I, and all of us, need to learn to shut off or put to death those impure thoughts and to think instead on things above where we indeed are seated with Christ—and we so anticipate our glory when we, in every way, are made like Him.

    Similarly, there is also a struggle with my time—for the best use of it. And if this is achieved I think I will win more often in the struggle with the flesh; for what I do affects so much what I think. I recently have been listening to John MacArthur’s sermons in Revelations; and that I know is a better use of my time than TV.  I hope I can continue this habit. Not much TV is good. And there are other uses of time that are very good too, which I hope to start.

    Thirly, there is a struggle with my diabetes diet. I need to keep my carbs down to have that desired blood sugar level. But I love fruit so much; and fruit, though healthy is full of sugar (carbs). So, I need to limit my fruit intake, and also other sweet foods and bread. I am not over weight, yet I am a diabetic. I hate it!

    I am reading a biography on Martin Luther. Boy did he have some struggles. Yet he was courageous in the things he did—fighting against his flesh (with much fasting) and against the sins of the Catholic church. He was indeed a hero of the faith.