Isaiah 26:3-4 You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on you: because he trusts in you.… I. WHAT IS THIS PERFECT PEACE? 1. This "peace, peace" means, an absence of all war, and of all alarm of war. 2. This perfect peace reigns over all things within its circle. 3. No perfect peace can be enjoyed unless every secret cause of fear is met and removed. 4. Peace in a city would not be consistent with the stoppage of commerce. Where there is perfect peace with God, commerce prospers between the soul and Heaven. Good men commune with the good, and thereby their sense of peace increases. If you have perfect peace, you have fellowship with all the saints; personal jealousies, sectarian bitternesses, and unholy emulations are all laid aside. 5. It consists in rest of the soul ; a perfect resignation to the Divine will; sweet confidence in God; a blessed contentment. 6. It means freedom from everything like despondency. 7. There we are kept from everything like rashness. II. WHO ALONE CAN GIVE US THIS PEACE AND PRESERVE IT IN US? How does the Lord keep His people in peace? 1. By a special operation upon the mind in the time of trial (ver. 12). 2. By the operation of certain considerations intended by His infinite wisdom to work in that manner. 3. By the distinct operations of His providence. III. WHO SHALL OBTAIN THIS PEACE? The whole of our being is stayed upon God in. order to this peace. IV. WHY IS IT THAT THE LORD WILL KEEP THAT MAN IN PERFECT PEACE WHO STAYS HIMSELF ON HIM? "Because he trusteth in Thee." That means surely — 1. That in faith there is a tendency to create and nourish peace. 2. His faith is rewarded by peace. 3. This peace comes out of faith because it is faith's way of proclaiming itself. ( C. H. Spurgeon.) Parallel Verses KJV: Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.WEB: You will keep whoever's mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you. |
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