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Covenant of Peace

What a week! Good days. Bad days. Those exist because on the bad days, I can't find my peace. My brain won't let focus on it, I'm full of doubt, and the little, daily (fill in the blanks) prove to be the center of my focus. That's not in God's plan for me. God's plan for me is to live in his peace. Always. Regardless of circumstance. Or the state of my heart. Let's delve in to this:

 It all starts here in James 1:5-8:

 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. 6 But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 7 That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. 8 Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do.

 There are some key words there; when you ask God, you MUST BELIEVE AND NOT DOUBT...if you doubt, your answers (and in this case, my peace) may not come. And that has been me. Doubting. Doubting that peace is possible. Doubting what my tomorrow looks like. Doubting that God really has this. Has me. 

 So this is what I must tell myself every day. I believe. I will not doubt. 

 The knowledge I am seeking this week is peace. It seems a crazy concept in this time of well, craziness, BUT. God has promised me peace. And not just a regular promise, a COVENANT promise. Isaiah 54:10 beautifully tells us:

 Though the mountains be shaken
    and the hills be removed,
yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken
    nor my covenant of peace be removed,”
    says the Lord, who has compassion on you.

 So there you have it. My God has promised me that he will NEVER take away this covenant of peace from me. The only one who can take away my own peace is that crafty little enemy that wants me to forget that covenant and live in a world (or head) of chaos, disorder, what-ifs, pity parties, lies and all kind of other things that do nothing but take away my peace. 

 Let's take it one step further. Philippians 4:6-7 states:

 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God,which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

 God has not only promised me peace, that peace goes beyond ALL understanding, and it can guard my heart and my mind in the only thing that keeps all the craziness away--Jesus. 

 All that is fantastic, but I think it truly only works when, like James guided us, we choose to believe and not doubt. If we read the words and think, "Yeah, that's a great idea, in theory," or think that we are not worthy of God's peace...then we doubt. And if we doubt, how on earth can we receive the gifts promised to us?

 Friends. Believe the Word. Believe the promises of God. It is when you believe, and not doubt that the miraculous is possible. Because GOD SAYS IT IS. End of Story.

 Whatever is going on in your life...find a verse about it. Read it. BELIEVE it. Pray it. Let it sink into your heart and stay there. 

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