PEACE, PERFECT PEACE....

I read during my daily devotions today some words by the martyred missionary Jim Elliot- eloquent words which expressed his own discovery of peace:-

I walked out on the hill just now. It is exalting, delicious, to stand embraced by the shadows of a friendly tree with the wind tugging at your coattail and the heavens hailing your heart, to gaze and glory and give oneself to God – what more could a man ask? Oh, the fullness, pleasure, sheer excitement of knowing God on earth! I care not if I never raise my voice again for Him, if only I may love Him, please Him…. If only I may see Him, touch His garments and smile into His eyes.

May the deep peace of our God cool and quiet our overheated souls.
In the midst of the offensive noise of our modern world– the people, the cars, the sounds, the heat, the pressures – there stand those reminders of His deep peace. The running wave, the flowing air, the quiet earth, the shining stars, the gentle night, the healing light… and from each, the blessing of the deep peace of Christ to you, to me.

Do you have such a peace, or it is nothing more than a dream? If you do not profess such peace, I suggest a simple change of scenery? Visit the seashore and hear the running wave. Take a drive out into the country, roll the windows down and feel the air flowing through your hair. Walk out into the night and look up at the stars. Be still and discover anew that He is God. The longing of one’s heart for deep peace is somehow recaptured in such settings.

Maybe hurts and pains of the past are robbing you of that inner peace. Maybe now is the time to let go – and let God fill you with that inner peace which only He can give. He maketh all things new.....Peace perfect peace.

BE STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD!
I AM THE LORD THAT HEALETH THEE!
IN THEE O LORD, DO I PUT MY TRUST!

Tracey Oliver
Former
Hull, UKT