"REAL Peace, GOD'S Peace!"

 

“REAL Peace, GOD’S Peace!”

 

“Don’t worry about anything; instead, PRAY about EVERYTHING.  Tell God what you need, and thank Him for all He has done.  Then you will experience GOD’S PEACE, which exceeds anything we can understand.  His Peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.”    Philippians 4:6-7

 

We live in VERY UNCERTAIN times that causes STRIFE and DESPERATION, and many times we wring our hands in despair, wondering what will happen to us, and then the WORRY begins to creep into our hearts and minds, and we tend to put our TRUST in MANKIND instead of putting our TRUST in the ALMIGHTY GOD.  These ENCOURAGING words of the Apostle Paul, can benefit us if we will put them into practice, and put our FULL TRUST in the ONLY ONE who can DELIVER us from our GLOOM and DOOM perspective on LIFE as it is now. 

 

The Apostle Paul gives us the antidote for WORRYING, which by the way, is a SIN.  He tells us:  DON’T WORRY about ANYTHING; instead, PRAY about EVERYTHING!  It must THRILL the very HEART of the LIVING GOD, when His CHILDREN come to Him, TRUSTING in Him for their well- being.  Because it shows that we are putting ALL of our TRUST in Him.  Because we BELIEVE that HE IS ABLE to DELIVER us from ALL our problems. And TRUSTING in Him to get us through those that are used to STRENGTHEN our FAITH in Him.  Some difficulties we face, God uses as TEACHING opportunities to help His Children to GROW and MATURE in their FAITH. 

 

So, PRAYER is an ANTIDOTE for WORRY, but we MUST have the RIGHT attitude with our PRAYERS, and that attitude is the attitude of THANKSGIVING.  We need to start our PRAYERS, FIRST, ACKNOWLEDGING who God is and REMEMBERING ALL that He has done for us, and what He is GOING to DO, with a THANKFUL HEART.  And when we do this, we will EXPERIENCE REAL PEACE, GOD’S PEACE.  This PEACE EXCEEDS ANYTHING we can UNDERSTAND.  It is BEYOND what the WORLD offers. It is DEEPER, PURER, STRONGER and EVERLASTING.  His PEACE will GUARD our HEARTS and MINDS as we LIVE in CHRIST JESUS.  Do you FULLY TRUST GOD?  Are you EXPERIENCING REAL PEACE, HIS PEACE?

 

If NOT, you can, by starting with GIVING your HEART and LIFE to Him. Because, with out giving your HEART and LIFE to Him, your PRAYERS will NOT be answered.  The FIRST PRAYER, that GOD hears from an UNBELIEVER is the PRAYER OF REPENTANCE, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART, they ask Him to FORGIVE them of their sins and to become the LORD and SAVIOR of their life.  In order to have that REAL PEACE they MUST be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM their SINFUL life-style, and TURN TO GOD.  They MUST acknowledge that they are a SINNER in NEED of a SAVIOR.  And BELIEVE, with ALL their HEART, that JESUS, God’s ONLY SON, gave His LIFE so that they might have EVERLASTING LIFE.  They MUST CONFESS their sins to Him, and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  And they MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION, and then they can EXPERIENCE REAL PEACE, GOD’S PEACE!!  So, do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!