05/05/2026

FOCUS ON OUR PEACE GIVER

Isaiah 26:3-4 NLT You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you! Trust in the Lord always, for the Lord God is the eternal Rock.

I walked beside the river in Matlock recently and there was a flood level indicator which showed how high the water had risen in the past, and it was almost unbelievable! Then I started thinking about our peace level and wondering how high is our peace level today?

Our verse reminds us that we will have a high level of peace if we’re focused on the Lord, but if we’re focusing on our troubles and problems, if all we can see are our circumstances and ‘situations’, then we shall lose our peace. Instead we will have a flood of anxiety, which can close the road ahead, but thankfully we get to choose what we focus on!😊

Our focus will determine our peace! So can I encourage us all to lift our eyes upwards and focus on Jesus and His word because He is the Author and Finisher of our faith. If the enemy has distracted you with anything and everything, just stop for a minute and realign yourself with the Word of God and hear Jesus speak to your heart…

John 14:1 NKJV Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God believe also in Me. V.27 NLT I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid.

1 Peter 5:7 reminds us to cast all our cares on to God, not just the big issues, but all of them, even the little ones, because He’s the only one who can sort them out and turn them round. 

The devil comes and tells us we can’t help worrying, that we’ve always done it, so we always will. But the devil is a liar because Jesus says we can ‘not let’ our hearts be troubled! Now who is telling the truth? Who are we believing? God wants us to trust Jesus and do as He says, to thank Him for His gift of peace, and for giving us the Holy Spirit to help us overcome worry and anxiety which never come from God.😊

Let’s pull the plug on the flood of anxiety and focus on our Prince of Peace instead and receive His peace that passes understanding today. In Jesus name. Amen.


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2 comments:

  1. Shirley5 May 2026, 05:59:00

    Indeed, in Jesus name Amen !
    Thank you Jackie XX
    Praise the Lord God Almighty in Jesus precious name Amen 🙏

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  2. Glenys5 May 2026, 06:19:00

    Thankyou Jackie. As I was reading ,I thought of binoculars! Spiritual binoculars!
    We need to look at our problems through the side that makes things smaller and look at the Lord and His word through the side that enlarges our view of Him .
    In the words of the song
    ' turn your eyes upon Jesus '
    It says ' and the things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light of His glory and grace.' Bless you. X

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