PERFECT PEACE

“Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.”

Isaiah 26:3 KJV

There are times when we create our own problems because we take our eyes off Jesus,  If we will keep Jesus in first place in our thoughts, in our heart, in our time and in everything we do our Scripture verse tells us we will have perfect peace.  It’s wonderful to think about our loved ones, but Jesus comes first.

A man said “I am so busy that I have to schedule time for Jesus into my daily schedule”.  If we are too busy we spend time with Jesus, we are too busy and we need to rearrange our schedule.  If we can make time to read the newspaper in the morning, we can certainly make time for Jesus.

Someone said “We can make time for the things we want to do.”  If we want to spend time with Jesus, we can do it.  How it must hurt Jesus and break His heart when we read the newspaper in the morning but don’t have time to talk to Him.  Jesus has feelings too.  He wants us to tell Him we love Him.

If ever someone deserves to have first place in our heart and life, it is Jesus.  Sometimes we treat Him like He is a puppet.  We put Him on a shelf and only take Him down when we want something.  One day every one of us will stand before a Holy God and give an account of the way we treated Jesus.

Joanne Lowe

May 5, 2016