There are many examples in the Bible where Jesus offered peace to His disciples. Maybe those times are there to show us how important it is for us to find peace in our lives. After hearing and saying the words “peace be with you” our whole life, it starts to become just a saying. But we really should embrace it as a way of life. God doesn’t want us to live a life of anxiety and turmoil. He wants us to have peace. He wants our mind, body and souls to find that peace that only He can give us.
In the world we live in, with the daily pressures and the constant tugging for our time, how do we find that peace?
Start with the knowledge that God already knows the outcome of your day. He told us, “Behold, I send an angel before you to guard you on the way and to bring you to the place that I have prepared.” Exodus 23:20
He has prepared us a place and is working on putting the people and things in place that will help us work through our problems before we even have them. If we believe that and if we trust in that, then we can use that knowledge when the anxiety starts to build. We can remind ourselves that God has the answer for us and listen for what He wants us to do.
When you feel the pressure start to build, slow down, calm your mind and your body and let the word of God fill you. Finding that sense of peace and letting it fill our soul lets us see things from a different perspective. It helps us to deal with the situation at hand and respond in the way that God would want us to respond.
Sometimes it just takes a minute, stop, take a breath and talk to God. Always Stop And Pray.