"....Whose mind rests on You."

"You will keep him in perfect peace ('completeness, soundness,') whose, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You."  (Isaiah 26:3)

The NASB says, "The steadfast of mind you will keep in perfect peace, because he trusts in You."  The Interlinear adds for, "stayed/steadfast," the Words, "leans, rests, support."  Apparently, there is a direct connection between, "peace," and what our mind, "leans," on, "rests," in, and relies on for, "support."  This cannot be feelings.  Feelings come and go; not so, "the peace of God."

Thinking about the Godhead, attempting to imagine Him comes from our limited selves.  I have no other suggestion today concerning, "perfect peace," than to keep our minds full of Jesus' Words.  Any other mental activity is futile.  All of the "stuff" which bombards Christendom about "peace" that is not centered in, "The Word of God," is empty.  Man keeps looking for alternatives to the Bible "way."  There are none. 

The Bible tells us to be, "....transformed by the (literally) completely change of your mind."  Only the Words of Jesus', the Bible can do that.  And only when I allow the, "Words of God," to, "completely change...[my] mind," can I know, "perfect peace." 

Father, in Jesus' Name, help me to, "pursue peace and holiness," only as You tell me to.  Amen.

 

When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"

Hebrews 12:2