Silas
Beloved of All
You are in a situation that feels like a war, with malice swirling around you and unseen battles being fought against you. It is easy to believe that peace depends on your chairman changing or on those fighting you being revealed and stopped. But the kind of peace you need right now is not the absence of conflict around you. It is the presence of Christ within you.
There is a promise given through the prophet that says, “Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.” The turmoil you feel inside, the anxiety over the hidden information and the unjust opposition, directly flows from where you are setting your thoughts. If your mind stays fixed on the problem, on the malice, and on those who seem to be against you, your heart will remain troubled. But if you deliberately turn your mind to Him, trusting that He sees what is hidden and that He will ordain your path, the peace of Christ begins to guard your heart. This is not a fragile, worldly peace that crumbles when circumstances worsen. It is a perfect peace, a complete peace, that does not make sense to those around you because it rests on the unshakeable character of God.
You already have peace with God through Jesus Christ if you belong to Him. The war is over. You are no longer running from Him or fighting against Him. But it seems you are not yet experiencing the full peace of God in this storm. That deeper peace comes when you anchor your hope not on a changed outcome, but on a trustworthy Person. Jesus said, “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” His peace is a gift, already given to you. You receive it and live in it when you let your mind be stayed on Him instead of on the malice you sense.
James tells us that the wisdom from above is peaceable, and the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace. You are guiding learners toward success, and you are asking for cordial relations. Do not respond to malice with inner turmoil. Sow peace even now. This does not mean pretending the evil is not there, but it means refusing to let it dictate the condition of your soul. Seek the peace of the place where God has stationed you, and pray for your chairman. As you walk in a manner worthy of your calling, you will find that while He handles the hidden things, you are kept in a place of deep, quiet rest.
God’s thoughts toward you are not thoughts of evil. He is not forgetting you in this captivity. His plans are for your peace, to give you an expected end. Walk in fellowship with Him. As you do, that perfect peace will settle over your heart like a guard, and you will guide those learners from a place of unshakable rest, not rattled by the storm around you.
There is a promise given through the prophet that says, “Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.” The turmoil you feel inside, the anxiety over the hidden information and the unjust opposition, directly flows from where you are setting your thoughts. If your mind stays fixed on the problem, on the malice, and on those who seem to be against you, your heart will remain troubled. But if you deliberately turn your mind to Him, trusting that He sees what is hidden and that He will ordain your path, the peace of Christ begins to guard your heart. This is not a fragile, worldly peace that crumbles when circumstances worsen. It is a perfect peace, a complete peace, that does not make sense to those around you because it rests on the unshakeable character of God.
You already have peace with God through Jesus Christ if you belong to Him. The war is over. You are no longer running from Him or fighting against Him. But it seems you are not yet experiencing the full peace of God in this storm. That deeper peace comes when you anchor your hope not on a changed outcome, but on a trustworthy Person. Jesus said, “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” His peace is a gift, already given to you. You receive it and live in it when you let your mind be stayed on Him instead of on the malice you sense.
James tells us that the wisdom from above is peaceable, and the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace. You are guiding learners toward success, and you are asking for cordial relations. Do not respond to malice with inner turmoil. Sow peace even now. This does not mean pretending the evil is not there, but it means refusing to let it dictate the condition of your soul. Seek the peace of the place where God has stationed you, and pray for your chairman. As you walk in a manner worthy of your calling, you will find that while He handles the hidden things, you are kept in a place of deep, quiet rest.
God’s thoughts toward you are not thoughts of evil. He is not forgetting you in this captivity. His plans are for your peace, to give you an expected end. Walk in fellowship with Him. As you do, that perfect peace will settle over your heart like a guard, and you will guide those learners from a place of unshakable rest, not rattled by the storm around you.
