We all deal with circumstances everyday which would rob our peace if we allowed it. Paul wrote:
Philippians 4:7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
When our hearts are guarded by peace, no invaders have a chance of causing us fear, uncertainty, or doubt. We know that FATHER has our future before HIM and will rally whatever resources needed for us to fulfill our individual callings. HE dispatches our guardian angels to oversee HIS Will and Purpose in our lives and we simply must operate in HIS peace, not hindering HIS flow in our lives. We don’t have to exalt ourselves for as Peter wrote in his first epistle chapter 5:
6 Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time,
7 casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.
What reassurance we have as we walk out this physical existence. We must stand firm and place our trust squarely IN HIM and whatever burden that attempts to attach itself we must give it TO HIM:
Psalm 55:22 Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you;
He will never allow the righteous to be shaken.
Stop worrying about today and tomorrow for FATHER will see you through it all. Rest in HIS peace which surpasses your understanding, knowing HE will add unto you as you have need. In Matthew chapter 6, Jesus spoke:
25 “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?
26 Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
27 Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?
28 “So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin;
29 and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
30 Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
31 “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’
32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
As we dwell on these passages we should expect peace to spread throughout our being to the point where we can sleep in a boat being tossed to and fro by the raging seas. We will sleep soundly in the prison cell even when we are told the next day our life is to be taken. When peace prevails, we have handed our burden to FATHER and HE will dispatch the angels to set the captives free just as HE did for Peter in Acts chapter 12:
5 Peter was therefore kept in prison, but constant prayer was offered to God for him by the church.
6 And when Herod was about to bring him out, that night Peter was sleeping, bound with two chains between two soldiers; and the guards before the door were keeping the prison.
7 Now behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the prison; and he struck Peter on the side and raised him up, saying, “Arise quickly!” And his chains fell off his hands.
8 Then the angel said to him, “Gird yourself and tie on your sandals”; and so he did. And he said to him, “Put on your garment and follow me.”
9 So he went out and followed him, and did not know that what was done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision.
May you sleep soundly tonight!