Thursday 21 July 2022

GOD'S PEACE WILL GUARD US

Philippians 4:6-7 Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. v.7 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.

A couple of days ago we looked at guarding our hearts and today we're looking at guarding our hearts and minds. If we're finding that a challenge then I hope what follows will help.😊

He starts off with 'don't worry, but pray.' I think a lot of us do a lot more worrying than we do praying! In fact if I spent the time praying that I do worrying I know things would change! But I need constantly reminding of that, how about you?

He goes on 'Tell God what you need and thank Him...' Very often we're good at the telling God bit, but we forget the second part! We're so intense about the problems that we maybe come away without saying thank you for all He's already done for us, for listening to us, and also thanking Him in faith for all we know He's promised He will do for us. How about doing more 'thanking' and less 'telling'?

Our hearts and minds are all at sixes and sevens sometimes and we've allowed all the worries in just because we didn't do the praying, the telling and the thanking first!

The Holy Spirit reminds us that it's the peace of God that will guard our hearts and minds as we live in Christ Jesus but we have to do our part first. So instead of fretting let's do what He says - pray instead of worrying, tell God specifically what it is we need - not some vague, airy fairy prayer, and be oh so thankful to Him and then just relax and believe He's sorting it all out for your good, and allow Him to do the peace guarding bit. 

When we worry we're actively blocking His peace without realising it, so instead let's actively allow His peace into our hearts and minds today as we trust Him with our futures. Amen.


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