Isaiah 26:3 says:
You will keep him in perfect peace,
Whose mind is stayed on You,
Because he trusts in You.
Whose mind is stayed on You,
Because he trusts in You.
A peaceful time might include your favorite music, or a cup of tea while the snow falls. But perfect peace? Why that would have to be getting a massage on a Hawaiian beach while listening to Benedict Cumberbatch read the funnies out loud to you. Perhaps we all have different ideas of what a peaceful day might be like. However, the perfect peace that the Lord promises in Isaiah 26:3 has nothing to do with our circumstances. This verse, when read in Hebrew is: Natsher samooch tithsor shalom shalom. No, I did not repeat myself. The Hebrew expression translated “perfect peace” is shalom shalom – or “peace peace” The sense of this repetition is intensifying the meaning of peace. When we are focused solely upon the Lord, trusting in Him through every situation, we don’t just have peace…we have peace peace.
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