Peace of heart and mind

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. (Isaiah 26:3)

 God promises in His Word to be the refuge that we seek. In Isaiah we read: For thou has been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat. (Isaiah 25:4)
 So we indeed can find the peace of heart and mind we seek by seeking God and finding Him. We need to keep our minds on Him.
 The trouble is that the enemy of our soul tries to get our minds on the winds and waves of the moment and forget that we have God on our side.
 God wants us to overcome fear through faith. God wants to direct us. He wants to use us to our capacity. Our job is to seek Him diligently and desperately to know what He would have us do. And when fear and worry enter in, we can follow David’s example: “What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me”.
Let us draw nigh to God in full assurance of faith that He is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think. —Dennis Edwards [1]

Christ didn’t say, ‘I will give you rest from sorrow.’ He said, ‘I will give you rest in sorrow.’…He didn’t promise insurance from trouble, but assurance in the midst of trouble. —Billy Graham

[1] Anchor Refuge in God