![]() Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. We are promised this peace – Peace I leave with you my peace I give you. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Yet, the Christian peace is perhaps a peace that is all that the world knows of, and more. If possible, we wouldn’t want to stay with people who constantly seek conflicts and malicious arguments. If possible, we wouldn’t want to live in a war-torn nation. What is peace? Most people, whether Christian or not, would desire peace. A peace that’s even more peaceful than the peace that we’ve been so familiar with. If the latter is true, the English translation of perfect peace would make sense. peaceful peace, or simply just a repetition of the word peace to show the extent of it. ![]() I’m not familiar with the rules of the language, so it could be peace as an adjective and peace as a noun, ie. You will keep in perfect peace – What is perfect peace? In the original (Hebrew) version, the word perfect wasn’t used – apparently, the phrase was peace peace. I’m not saying that we cannot trust God or don’t need to trust God until we fully understand his precepts since we can never fully understand his precepts even if we exhaust our entire lifetimes, but at least, with whatever limited understanding of God that we have at our current points in life, let us learn to trust in him, with steadfastness. I find it hard to imagine how someone who doesn’t know that God is omnipotent is still able to trust God. ![]() That he is capable of delivering, because he is almighty. You need to at the very least, know his characteristics – that he fulfills his promises. You need to first understand, to a certain extent, what God is about and what his word is about. I’ve always maintained that in order to have unwavering trust in God and his promises you need to first know what his promises are. To have your mind fixed on God, to be so firm and sure and confident of God’s promises and his convenants, and of his precepts. They have similar connotations, really, and that’s perhaps what steadfastness is really about – the complete devoted nature of your mind, heart and soul on something or someone. Taking a look across the various translations, this has been rendered in various ways, from him whose mind has stayed on you, or dependent on you to him whose mind is focused on you etc. I’ll say faithful, I’ll say committed, I’ll say unwavering – and while steadfast definitely isn’t a rare word, it’s not something I would use in everyday life or even in writing. Him whose mind is steadfast – I don’t know about you, but personally, steadfast is not a word that I’ll use in my everyday life. Most importantly, perhaps, trusting God is something that a Christian must have and must do, no matter how long he has been in this faith, no matter whether a baby Christian or a matured Christian, no matter a lay Christian or a preacher of the word – So that your trust may be in the Lord, I teach you today, even you – Trusting in God is something that we can never be reminded of frequently enough. If we place our trust in him, we’ll generally have peace. If we trust God, things will happen – Commit your way to the Lord trust in him and he will do this: He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun. . If we trust God, we know we’ll be blessed – But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him. ![]() Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. We know we’ve been asked to trust God, with all our hearts, even in conditions that are trying and in situations that are baffling. ![]() In this study, we will examine the concept of Christian peace, and in the context of this verse, perfect peace, and how it is related to the very fundamental act of trusting in the Lord.īecause he trusts in you – Let’s work backwards for this verse. Trusting in God is probably one of the most basic things to do or to learn how to do as a Christian, and it is one that we ought to be frequently reminded of – if not because we will forget, then because it is something that we can give thanks to God for – the ability to trust in him. In Isaiah 26:3, Isaiah praises God for keeping in peace those who trust in him. Isaiah 26 is a song of praise, an expression of gratitude to God for what He has done for His people. Isaiah 26:3 | NIV (1984) | Other Versions | Context ![]()
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