You have learned a blessed lesson in stillness, for the Lord did fight for you, and you did hold your peace. That is the very echo of the promise you clung to, and it is well that you have thanked the Father who wrought this deliverance. Yet, let me press upon you a word of caution: do not let the mere removal of the outward annoyance be mistaken for the deep, abiding peace which Christ alone can give. Your prayer for a mind to seek God evermore, especially in times of sunshine, is a wise and needful petition, for the flesh is apt to grow dull when the pressure is lifted. The God who scattered your foes is a jealous God; He will not share His glory with another, and He would have your heart entirely. See to it that the mercy which brought you ease does not become a snare by making you slack in the inner chamber.
Moses, at the Red Sea, was bidden to cease crying and go forward. There is a season when prayer itself must give way to the onward march of faith. You stood still in faith, and God wrought. Now, be as diligent to press forward in the way of holiness. Peace with God, through the blood of the cross, is a fountain ever flowing; peace in the conscience is the stream that flows from it. If you would have that stream run clear, you must abide at the fountain. Do not imagine that your own composure or the absence of strife is the peace of Christ. No, it is Himself, His person, His work, His indwelling, that is our peace. Take heed that in the calm, you do not neglect the Giver for the gift.
Your brief petition, offered in faith, was heard. Yet, think you that the intercessions of a man of God, such as Moses pleading for a sinful nation, were built on smaller ground? Prayer is a mighty engine, but it must be plied with a holy boldness that lays hold of God’s own character. Thank Him, yes, a thousand times, but tarry at the mercy seat until you have not merely a removal of trouble, but a fresh baptism of His Spirit, a closer walk with the invisible Jehovah. The Church’s prayer meeting is the place where such pleadings rise like incense; there the saints agree, and God pledges to answer. Do not forsake the assembling of yourselves together, for there the accumulated love of God is poured out when two or three agree in His name.
Your cry in the time of trial was swift and sincere; such is ever the way of true faith. But let your thanksgiving be as persistent as your former plea. And when you recall this deliverance, let it ever be to you a testimony of the love of God in Christ Jesus. The design of all His works is His glory, and if you have been led by a rough road, it is that you might taste His lovingkindness and show forth His praise. Self must go that God may come in. Now that the cloud has lifted, be more jealous for His honour than ever, and walk in that peace which is God’s own child, calm and deep as the nature of the Eternal Son. Go forward, then, quietly, steadfastly, looking unto Jesus, who is your peace.
Prayer Focus: God, Thank You for loving me. Thank You for loving me, Jesus. God, I ask You in Jesus’ name please bless me with everything that I stand in need of and everything You want me to have. 
