“You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you”
“and you were not willing!”
Psalms 9:9
The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.
Psalms 18:2
The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield,
Hebrews 6:18
we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.
Nahum 1:7
The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; he knows those who take refuge in him.
Luke 13:34
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!
Proverbs 18:10
The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe.
Psalms 91:1-2
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the LORD, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
Isaiah 26:3-4
You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD GOD is an everlasting rock.
Have you ever needed peace about something? What if someone told you that you could have “Perfect Peace”? We search after it. We want it and yet at the same time we don’t seem willing to run toward it. We go after what seems right in our own eyes never approaching the One who can give us what we are desperately seeking. Paul said we can have “Peace that passes all understanding in Christ Jesus” by faith, trusting and seeking Him in our time of need”. The peace we seek apart from God is never lasting. It is a peace that is short lived and lacks any enduring substance. The next time you are seeking peace – seek and run to Him who is able to give and keep you in “Perfect Peace”
