REAL PEACE = REAL TRUST

I am absolutely miserable when I am not walking in peace in my life. I don't know about you, but I will do just about anything to have peace. Now, I am NOT talking about compromise here, because compromise will not bring you real peace....only temporary peace....simply because you have "temporarily solved a continuing problem".

I am talking about peace, not as the world gives, but as God gives, the peace that passes all understanding, brought to you by the Prince of Peace, who came to bring peace to the world as hearlded by the angels 2000 years ago.

I often think of peace as being the absence of trust. When we are able to absolutely: "Trust (lean on, rely on and be confident ) in the Lord and do good; so shalll you dwell in the land and feed surely on His faithfulness, and truly you shall be fed........Commit your way to the Lord [roll and repose each care of your load on Him]; trust (lean on, rely on, and be confident) also in Him and He will bring it to pass.....Be still and rest in the Lord; wait for Him and patiently lean yourself upon Him; fret not yourself because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked devices to pass. Cease from anger and forsake wrath; fret not yourself - it leads only to evildoing. For evil doers shall be cut off, but those who wait and hope and look for the Lord [in the end] shall inherit the earth." Ps. 35: 3, 5, 7-9

There are conditions in this scripture for us to have peace: WE MUST TRUST, and do good, commit our ways to the Lord, be still and rest in the Lord, wait for the Lord, don't fret because of people who are evil and "seem" to be getting by with it. Then, meeting these "conditions" you will have peace: dwelling in the land and being fed as He brings good to pass and causes you to inherit the earth.

So.....who are you relying on, leaning on and have confidence in? What you can do, what your boss can do, what your spouse or friends can do.....or what God can do?