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A Prayer About Being Kept in Perfect Peace

     You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you. Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD, the LORD, is the Rock eternal. Isaiah 26:3-4

     Most loving and trustworthy Father, you haven’t promised us a storm-less, hassle-free, disappointment-empty life. You offer us no formulas for decreasing the probability of confusing things happening around us or disillusioning things happening to us.  But you HAVE promised something that transcends the chaos and fear of uncertainty. You’ve promised to keep us in perfect peace in the midst of whatever happens.

     Father, I treasure the promise of being kept by you. I treasure it more than all the gold in Fort Knox… all the chalets in Switzerland… all the oil in the Arab States, for I cannot keep myself. I’m out of boot straps to pull up… there’s no magic happy pill to take… no fix-it button to push. Thank you for being a Father who will never forget or abandon your children… who will never forget or abandon me.

     But your promise is even grander. You’ve promised to keep us in perfect peace… not semi-peace… not partial-peace… not wanna-be peace. All we have to do is mine the riches of the gospel and keep in mind the wonders of your love. All we have to do is to set our minds and affections on things above, for you are the LORD—the eternal Rock that is higher than us… the Rock of refuge… the Rock of ages.

     Because the gospel is true… because Jesus is the precious Living Stone (1 Peter 2:4-8), I will not despair when I am weak in concentration and focus, and have a hard time controlling my thoughts and imagination. Indeed, Father, you’re not calling us to trust in our ability to trust, but to trust in you… in your trustworthiness. For you’ve even promised your children a peace that passessurpasses… and at times, even by-passes all understanding (Philippians 4:7).

     What a God you are. You are so compassionate and generous. There is none god like you, Father, no not one. How great are your mercies… how profound your kindnesses… how more-than-sufficient your grace. So very Amen, I pray, in Jesus’ name… the Prince of Peace… the basis and bounty of all peace.

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