Whispers

Dear readers, 

I’m sure I am not the only one here who deals with doubts and fears.

It’s an area of my life that I do my best to not tread in as much as I can. But somehow they still creep into my everyday walk, ever so slightly like a little mosquito slowly picking away at you on a summer afternoon. 

It’s always bothersome. Never productive. Doubting takes the spot in my house where Peace should be. You can’t have one another living in the same space. They cancel each other out. 

I think of the passage in Philippians 4 that says this… 

“Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise think about these things.”

In my most recent post 99 Days I quote verse 6 that says “don’t be anxious about anything, but by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.”

But verse 7 is where it hits home for me. “And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”

Ladies and gentlemen. I have a massive confession. I don’t have peace as I should.

I look at my situation, my life, my story. It’s not easy to choose to have peace amidst all the chaos we see before our eyes.

The brokenness of the setting, the characters, the plot. 

That comes back to our human nature, we’re all broken humans, peace isn’t the first thing we want to see. 

We see the world, it offers us anything and everything it can, but in the end, what it has to offer us is absolutely nothing. We choose to sit and complain, and point out all that is wrong with the world around us. 

But let us now turn back to that last verse. “and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”

I will never understand the peace of God. There’s so much to fully grasp on the subject, my brain wasn’t created to process that concept. But it says that God’s perfect peace will guard our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus, his perfect son who died a brutal death on our behalf, so we can have peace in this crazy world. 

Here’s the thing, I need to choose to have peace. I need to see through this dense fog of chaos and unrest, on the other side there is a loving father who sees me for who I am, loves me dearly, and gives me comfort and perfect peace. Peace is such a great gift, from the only one who has any business handing it out.

Colossians 3:15 says “And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.” 

We are called to let the peace of Christ rule in our hearts. To reign supreme, to completely surrender. I’m in, where do I sign up? I want that kind of peace, I can sit back and have no worries for the rest of my days. 

I need to start praying for peace more, especially with how my story is going. I want to walk forward in faith, and walking by faith most of the time involves having my eyes shut and my heart open to how God wants to use me. 

I pray that this letter tugs on your heart in all the right ways. Is God giving you the peace you need at this moment? I already know the answer is yes he is. But the real question is are you accepting it? 

Goodbye.

-Mitchell