A Prayer for Peace in Unstable Occasions
By Emily Rose Massey

“You retain him in excellent peace whose thoughts is stayed on you, as a result of he trusts in you” (Isaiah 26:3, ESV). 

My husband and I are every the first-born youngsters in our households. Though there isn’t any science behind first-born personalities, psychologists have taken notice of the widespread traits relating to those that have been born first amongst their siblings. 

Basically, firstborn youngsters have been discovered to be accountable, assertive, task-oriented, perfectionistic, and supporters of authority. With all of these management traits, a large amount of weight may be positioned upon the shoulders of the people liable to be the rule-follower and objective chaser. This may typically result in a lot stress and anxiousness if not continually saved in test. When two firstborns marry one another, they will run along with fervor to realize goals and develop into very productive as a household, however the residence additionally wants peace to reign in it most of all. And never only a “problem-free” sort of peace – a peace that passes all understanding regardless of what’s occurring. Solely the Lord Jesus Christ can supply us this sort of excellent peace.

In God’s windfall, one of many causes we named our firstborn little one, Isaiah, was due to a really particular verse discovered within the ebook of Isaiah relating to this sort of excellent peace that my husband and I do know that we want each single day. Proper in the midst of a prophecy relating to the land of Judah, the prophet Isaiah uttered these lovely phrases concerning the Lord and His peace in chapter 26:

“You retain him in excellent peace whose thoughts is stayed on you, as a result of he trusts in you” (Isaiah 26:3, ESV). 

For many people, these previous couple of years have felt a bit unstable. We now have all skilled some type of fear, stress, and anxiousness from the unknown future. From viruses, all of the sudden dropping family members, empty retailer cabinets, job losses, rising residence costs, and hefty grocery payments week after week – we now have all wanted to search out excellent peace. Our reply is present in fixing our gaze upon the Lord and anchoring our minds to His unwavering reality. Regardless of what’s going on round us, we will discover unshakable confidence within the Lord as a result of He’s ever-faithful to us. This is the reason staying within the Phrase constantly is so necessary when experiencing demanding or unstable instances. Religion comes by listening to the Phrase of God (Romans 10:17) and the extra we’re learning the Scriptures, the stronger our belief in God turns into.

The Phrase of God is so highly effective, and the extra we research and meditate upon it, the stronger our basis will likely be in Christ, and we’ll frequently know easy methods to look to Him any time stress and anxiousness attempt to overtake us. Allow us to at all times be fast to ask the Lord for His sustaining grace and assist in our time of want, trying to Him at all times as a result of He cares for us. Regardless of what’s going on round us, even when it looks like all the things is falling aside, we should keep in mind that God holds the whole universe in His arms. He’s fully sovereign. Nothing passes by way of His arms by chance. He’s in complete management and has an important plan relating to all of it; We will belief in Him and relaxation in His nice, excellent peace. Allow us to set our thoughts upon Him.

Let’s pray:

Lord, thank You that You need us to set our minds upon You always. Thank You that there’s nowhere I can go that You aren’t there with me. Thank You for having a maintain of my life, at the same time as I really feel like all the things is crumbling round me. I confess that I’ve let stress take a maintain of my life moderately than You. I’ve tried to regulate issues in my life, and on the similar time, I’ve let anxiousness management my temper, my perspective, and my actions. Lord, I repent of this! 

Please Father, assist me see what’s demanding or worrisome in my life and hand it over to You. Assist me actively take into consideration Your goodness to me. I’m so looking forward to my eternity with you, Lord, the place the presence of sin and concern will likely be no extra! Assist me look again on all of the methods You have got rescued me from my fearful moments and bear in mind the place You have got at all times been devoted to me within the midst of nice trials. Assist me to relaxation within the reality of Your goodness and energy in the present day. Thank You, Lord, for Your excellent peace.
In Jesus’ Title, Amen.

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Emily Massey started writing quick tales and poetry as slightly woman, entered the running a blog world in her early 20s, and printed her first ebook in 2015. She enjoys being a stay-at-home momma whereas nonetheless with the ability to pursue her ardour as a author. Believing she has been forgiven a lot, she loves a lot, and wishes to level others to Christ and His redemptive and remodeling energy, particularly by sharing reality present in God’s written Phrase. If you need to attach with Emily, you’ll be able to go to www.emilyrosemassey.com

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