Gospel Chapel Christian daily devotion

PERFECT PEACE

 

Isaiah 33:15-17, "He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil; He shall dwell on high: his place of defense shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure. Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off."

The Lord will come with His temporal as well as His spiritual blessings on those who walk uprightly. He says, "...bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure." "His place of defense shall be the munitions of rocks" tells us they shall have their hiding place in the Lord Jesus Christ, and they will be able to withstand the wiles of Satan.

Furthermore, "Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off." They will have a blessed fellowship with their Lord, living in a blessed communion with God.

They will see the King in His beauty, i.e., the preciousness there is in Christ, and they will have that reward in this life. They will not live in darkness, confusion or contention, but their hearts and lives will be centered in Christ.

"And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall," 2PE 1:5-10.

The Lord said He would give us peace, but that doesn't mean there won't be struggles. Our hearts will be surrendered to the will of God in those troubles. We might go through some of the most severe troubles, but we will have peace with our hearts, minds, and souls totally surrendered to God's will.

Being at peace with God's ways is one of the greatest graces there is. When our hearts are coming into conformity to the will of God and our heart's desire and our will are totally dissolved in God's will, we have one of the greatest blessings in this life.

ISA 54:10 says, "For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee." You will have peace in your heart because the King, in His beauty, will be held out before you; "Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off," that is the reward of the righteous in this life.

We also read in ISA 26:2-3, "Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in. Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee."

Amen.