We live in a world that is full of problems and troubles. All we have to do is turn on the news or read the newspaper, and we’ll see that there is trouble all around us. And it is quite easy to allow all of these things to ruin and destroy our lives by causing depression and causing us to worry about things that may or may not ever happen. That’s one of the things we don’t ever have to worry about when we keep our hearts and minds focused on Jesus Christ. Isaiah 26:3-4 reminds us, “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.”
Note that the verses tell us, “You keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on you…” Not those who occassionally think about God, or those who talk to God a few minutes each day, but rather those who’s entire life is focused and fixed upon Him, who controls everything. And, we will never keep our minds fixed on Him, until we learn to trust Him completely. I know from my own experience that the days I choose to fix my eyes on Jesus are the greatest days of my life. There is no peace like that peace we can have when we truly trust Him and realize that no matter what happens in the world around us, God has a perfect plan, and He is an “everlasting rock”.
It’s certainly not easy to keep our minds fixed on Jesus, when we are always reading the latest news, watching the latest entertainment, and listening to the gossip and rumors of those around us. No, in order to be fixed on one thing, we have to be unfixed on many other things. We have to learn to trust Him and focus on Him each and every day. And when we do – it will be well worth the effort! Those who do not know God cannot know that kind of perfect peace, for it is only through knowing Him that this peace is found.