Devotional for Monday, March 4, 2019
“Abundant Peace Belongs To Them”
by Dona Hake
Psalm 119:165 (HCSB)
“Abundant peace belongs to those
who love Your instruction;
nothing makes them stumble.”
It is a blessed thing to possess peace that permeates our heart and mind. Today we are meditating on the abundant peace or great peace that our awesome God promises as we love His Word, obey His voice. As we stay full of God’s Word we are promised that there is no place for anything but His wonderful peace.
In those times that we do not stay in fellowship with our Lord and the reading of His Word is when souls begin to weaken. It is in those times that we suffer from lack of peace and contentment in Him. We may feel we can get away with lacking diligence in attending to our hearts, but know it to be a truth…our thoughts and feelings will weaken, and so will our faith.
We cannot afford lacking diligence in the reading of His Word and staying in His presence. May we never forget that the devil loves to see us get off track. He loves to see us pursue doing things in our own ability rather than relying on the grace of our Lord. Busying ourselves to keep our minds off of pending problems and uncomfortable circumstances is not God’s way of dealing with things. Haven’t you heard people say these words, “I’m doing fine as long as I keep myself busy.” Our busy minds and works are not the solution to walking through a difficult circumstance in which only the Lord’s guidance and peace is the answer. I would like to share this quote that I found it to fit perfectly with this thought of being too busy.
“If the devil cannot make us bad,
he will make us busy.”
Corrie ten Boom
May we know that our good deeds and works are directly a result of us obeying His voice. May we not fall into the trap of just being busy people but rather let us be busy for the Lord, and the direction His voice is leading us. Let us be obedient to seize only the opportunities that the Lord is putting before us. Our time is precious and so is our abundant peace.
How precious are those times where we feel saturated in His peace because we are saturated in His Word, and we feel unmovable. It is when we are abiding in His place of refuge that we will simply be unmovable. Paul spoke of the peace that passes all understanding. That peace will keep and guard our mind and that peace will also surpass our understanding in Jesus Name!