Having true, perfect peace seems impossible, but the Bible says you can have it if you trust in the Lord and focus on Him like you should. Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee (Isaiah 26:3). The storms of life may be raging all around you, but they can’t get inside when you have Heaven’s perfect peace.

Jesus is the one who brought perfect peace to Earth. Before He came, God prophesied about Him through Zechariah saying He would give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace (Luke 1:79).

Jesus was the Word made flesh, and He brought truth to the world. Paul taught that truth and lived that truth, and he knew the truth could bring peace to all people. He said, Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you (Philippians 4:9).

Some of you battle so much in your mind that it becomes one, big battlefield when the Lord promised you peace. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:7). Will you claim that promise?

Peace from On High

Jesus said, Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you (John 14:27). Self and the world can only give temporary peace, and you may find some of that temporary peace in receiving love and joy from others; but it won’t last. Only God’s peace lasts forever, and it is a gift to each one of us.

To be able to accept that gift and keep it, you must keep your mind on Jesus and on the strength, love, power and joy He brought. If you choose to keep trouble on your mind instead, you will have fear; and the Lord said, Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid (John 14:27). All the divinity He brought is yours to use; so always hear Him saying, Be not afraid, only believe (Mark 5:36).

If you don’t have divine peace today, then either you don’t have spiritual sight or you’re not using it. When you look at people, things and circumstances only through your physical sight, you will be defeated.

Stephen had spiritual sight; and as he was being stoned to death, he looked up and said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God (Acts 7:56). Stephen could say that during his darkest hour because he was full of the Holy Ghost. The Spirit within also enabled him to die as Jesus did saying, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep (Acts 7:60).

Spiritual sight enabled Stephen to go to Heaven in a glorious way. If you look at things through physical eyes when your way gets rough, you won’t see the sunshine of God’s peace and love. You won’t recognize the Lord as your way-maker or see His hand reaching out to help you. You won’t see Him as all the power, love, peace and goodness you need. Then you will become dissatisfied, and you won’t make the decisions God would have you to make.

Think on the Truth

When your human mind operates on its own, it cannot receive the things of the Spirit; so it believes only what it sees, hears and feels. However, you can’t keep your mind stayed on things that are not full of truth and expect to have perfect peace. Your thoughts must be brought into captivity to all that is in agreement with Christ. Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ (II Corinthians 10:5). Many battles of the mind are caused by false imaginations; but when you bring those imaginations into captivity according to truth, the battles will disappear.

If you want Bible peace, you have to think on Bible truth. For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he (Proverbs 23:7). That is why it is so important for you to study, learn and understand truth. Bible truth tears down all that is false, brings about miracles and healings and gives you divine peace, joy and gladness.

When you know the truth and believe it, it will make you free. Jesus said, And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free (John 8:32). Freedom in the Lord brings perfect peace.

Jesus came and made it possible for all of us to have perfect trust in divinity. Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths (Proverbs 3:5,6).

Some of you claim to be trusting in God with all of your heart when you are really leaning to your own foggy understanding. That is why your view of the Lord and your path are not clear, and that allows the storm to get inside of you through your mind. Once there, the storm rages; and you can’t get rid of it. That is why Jesus said, Peace, be still (Mark 4:39).

Yield to the Spirit of Truth

When you have the Holy Spirit in you, He will feed you perfect peace through the blood in your soul. He will also give you peace in your mind when you fill it with what is in the Word because the Bible is filled with words of love, life, grace and peace...words of everything good and nothing bad.

Child of God, as long as your life matches the pages of the Bible, you have all the help you need in all areas of your life; but you have to use it.

My son, forget not my law [the Word]; but let thine heart keep my commandments: For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee (Proverbs 3:1,2).

The Word will let you see yourself as God sees you, if you will yield to it. For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart (Hebrews 4:12).

Know God’s thoughts and be able to separate His thoughts from your thoughts. You can discern them through the Word and through the Holy Ghost. He is the Spirit of truth. But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father (John 15:26). Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth (John 16:13).

The Word is full of the promises of God, and the Holy Spirit can help you live by those promises. That is the only way you will be able to serve God, make it to Heaven and receive the miracles and healings you need. Living by promise is the only way you will have divine peace, but you have to take time to yield to the Holy Spirit so He can serve you that peace; and you have to spend time in His presence to be served.

Healing Peace

The divine peace of God includes peace for the soul, the mind and the body. Christ’s ministry on Earth was a salvation and healing ministry; and although the soul was and still is paramount, the Lord placed great emphasis on physical healing. Jesus said, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised (Luke 4:18).

Jesus healed all manner of sicknesses and diseases, and He is doing the same thing today. And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people. And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases [different kinds of diseases] and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them (Matthew 4:23,24).

All healing comes from God, but He has placed healing in nature and has given medical science the knowledge to take it from nature and apply it to our bodies in the form of medicine. Yes, God believes in good medicines, and they would not be available without Him. A merry heart doeth good like a medicine (Proverbs 17:22). But when the doctors have done all they can do, there is divine healing that comes straight from Heaven. That is why the Bible says, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God (Luke 18:27). Miracles are unexplainable by the laws of nature; but with God, all things are possible.

Keep Your Eyes on God

The Lord will give you peace in every part of your life if you let Him; but the devil will point out those who are failing God, those who gossip or those who have said things against you. Don’t allow those kinds of people to steal your peace; just consider the source and move on. The devil will also point out those who stir up strife and contention; but the Bible says, Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man [or woman] is peace (Psalm 37:37).

Never allow the devil or people to steal God’s peace and joy from you or you may find your nerves in bad shape. Thankfully, God can re-create your nervous system; and you must ask Him to do that because your nervous system affects your whole body—mentally, physically and spiritually. That is why the devil works so hard on people through their nervous systems, trying to rob them of their peace and happiness and fill them with depression and discouragement.

Some of you are being fought hard, but you won’t use what is available in the truth to bring you out. You try to think your way out or pray your way out, but you have to believe and trust your way out by looking to God and putting Him first. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills [unto the Lord], from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth (Psalm 121:1,2).

The Lord can give you whatever you need in your mind to make you an overcomer, but He needs your mind to be on Him in order to serve you. You can have perfect peace when you have perfect trust in the One who is perfect in all of His ways. As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him (Psalm 18:30).

Peace for Your Soul

If you don’t have peace today, you need Jesus, the giver of peace. He wants you to have peace in every area of your life, but it all begins in the soul. Say the sinner’s prayer with me: Oh, God, I am lost! I am so sorry that I sinned against you, but I have come home. I am going to serve you, Lord, for the rest of my life. I believe the blood of Jesus washes away all of my sins. Come into my heart, Jesus! Come on in!

If you meant that prayer, Jesus has come into your heart. Praise the Lord because He is now yours! It is wonderful to know you belong to the Lord and that His peace and love are yours to use! Read your Bible, pray, fast and go on to receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit. You need the Spirit of truth to direct you in this life and to prepare you to be ready to go when Jesus comes for His Bride.

Healing for Your Body

With the Life Giver in your soul, you can now receive life in your body. Jesus came with healing in His wings, and that healing is available to all.

But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings (Malachi 4:2). Jesus is the Healer, and I am a believer in the promises of healing in the Word of God which says, But he [Jesus] was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed (Isaiah 53:5).

If you or your loved ones need healing today, let me pray with you now: Lord, I bring the sick and afflicted to you. Lay a healing hand on those with cancer, heart trouble, diabetes or AIDS. Heal those who are crippled, paralyzed, deformed or suffering with any kind of disease or affliction. Lord, you have healed people with these conditions many times; nothing is too hard for you. We know you will heal the people today because you are our wonderful Lord and Master. Heal! in the all-powerful, all-mighty name of Jesus!

Let His power work in your body as you honor the Lord in total obedience without any doubt or fear. Put your hand in the nail-riven hand and watch you and your loved ones get well. God promised His children healing, and He keeps His promises. God bless.