TURN ON YOUR PEACE ALARM!

Proverbs 4:23 NIV Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.

A lot of houses today have smoke alarms and when there’s a hint of smoke they start wailing and the peace of the house is shattered till we stop the cause of the smoke and turn it off!

I wonder if you ever watch or hear things that set off your inner peace alarm? Just listening to the news can disturb our peace and God knows that, which is why He warns us to guard our hearts more than anything else! We have to do the guarding, we have to choose what we allow in, to block the fear or the offence.

When we lose our peace it affects the way we think, which then affects our words and actions. When we’ve heard or seen something that activates fear in us then we need to stand against it with our faith in God’s promises in His word. If we don’t do that, then fear will rule instead of faith. We need to spread faith in our hearts, and in those around us, not fear!😊

God gives us very specific instructions for guarding our hearts and if we actively follow His commands then we shall experience His peace. All we have to do is follow the Maker’s instructions. And here is phase one…

Philippians 4:6-7 NLT 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.

Now phase two is this…
8 And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.

If we’re not at peace about something, we need to go back and check to see if our heart’s peace alarm is turned on and if it isn’t then we need to reread the above instructions and change some things because we’ll be glad we did, if we do!😊 

As God says, “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” Amen.