2 Thessalonians 3:16

Now may the Lord of peace Himself grant you His peace at all times and in every way that peace and spiritual well-being comes to those that walk with Him regardless of life’s circumstances.

Jesus Calling presents a word picture I have not seen before that I would like to share with you this morning…

“When most of your mental energy goes into efforts to figure things out, you are unable to receive this glorious gift (of peace). I (Christ) look into your mind and see thoughts spinning round and round: going nowhere, accomplishing nothing. All the while, My Peace hovers over you, searching for a place to land”.

I don’t know about you but my thoughts can seriously run me ragged some days!!

They can keep me awake at night.

They can keep me in turmoil throughout the day.

They can get me anxious and worried.

They can make me angry when I wasn’t angry before.

They can make me cry and feel sorry for myself.

They can make me feel like I have a concentration issue because I can’t seem to think about only one thing.

Sound familiar at all?

Please tell me I am not alone here!

What I see suddenly, is that when my thoughts are spinning the Lord’s peace is present and hovering over me…can you see it in your mind?

But, because I cannot be still it cannot land.

Think of a bird hovering over the chaotic ground waiting for something to stop swirling so it can land.

What happens next?

I keep spinning and have zero peace about me.

As with everything in our faith, we have a role to play here…we cannot be passive and expect God to magically touch us with His wand and make us stop spinning.

Could He? ABSOLUTELY.

But, that is NOT how God works…He desires our participation in our relationship with Him- as opposed to a genie in a bottle scenario.

God asks that we seek Him.

God asks that we turn to Him.

God asks that we take captive our thoughts.

God asks that choose to think on good things and be thankful at ALL times.

We have to grab the peace that is hovering over us and yank it down like a blanket- letting it shroud us to give us rest and protection- by choosing to stop the spinning trust the Lord instead.