Thou wilt
Isaiah 26:3 “Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee: because he trusteth in Thee.”
Perfect here means without blemish, complete, sincerely sound. It comes from when a sacrifice was to be offered….it was to be without blemish….complete….sound, not sick…. to be offered to the Lord.
And here, Isaiah is saying that the Lord gives us peace, the same way.
He does not give partial or wobbly peace….but peace which is firmly grounded on Himself and His Word, which is Eternal and cannot be changed.
“We can wobble on the Rock….but the Rock does not move under me.”
But the Lord calls our minds to be “stayed” on Him….to Trust in Him.
(Notice it is our minds which are to be “stayed” or placed, appointed on HIm. How easily our thoughts can race from one thing to another, especially in times of trouble. How easily our minds can think all sorts of scenarios…..when we can’t see what is ahead!)
That is why we are to Trust in Him. Trust is hanging onto Him and HIs Word….to us.
It is the steadying influence in our thoughts…
…..”I do not know what is ahead, I do not know what is even going on now, behind the scenes…..but I do know the Lord Jesus, and His love for me….and I am going to place myself at His disposal in this situation….and hang onto Him for dear life.”
Peace, like a steady flowing river can push everything else away, and we can be at rest in His circumstances.
(My husband and I were told once to…..”Place the yea and the nay” at the Lord’s disposal….whether the situation seemed to work out, or whether it seemed to fall apart….everything was to be placed on the Altar of His Word and Will.
Right after that, we had this come against us….and that come against us….and we did indeed tremble on the Rock of Christ. But He kept working…in us, and in the situations….and we realized we were growing stronger in His Word and grace.)
Trust is for us, not as a life-preserver…..but as the sure Hand of God reaching down, as He did to Peter, when he was sinking. We cry to Him….but it is HIs hold on us, that saves.
Isaiah 26:4, 8-9 “Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength:
Yea, in the way of Thy judgments, O Lord, have we waited for Thee; the desire of our soul is to Thy name, and to the remembrance of Thee.
With my soul have I desired Thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek Thee early: for when Thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.”
Trust in the Lord leads to peace in the circumstances….
…..….leads to waiting on the Lord that He might accomplish His Will,…..
…..praying in the night during pain and trouble….
…..praying in the Spirit that the glory and honor which is the Lord’s due, might be manifested in my life,….
….and through this situation.
“Thou wilt”…..Isaiah was confident in the Lord. And Isaiah lived through the reign of many kings of Judah….some good, others wicked.
Yet he went about his ministry…walking right up to….and speaking to good and wicked alike….knowing this peace….trusting in the Lord.
“For the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength.” We need to lean on the Everlasting Arms (Dueteronomy 33:27)….and….
…we stand on the Rock of Christ (Matthew 7:24)which cannot be moved.
We can all learn to say….”Thou wilt” for the situation we are in…..and get that perfect peace He has for us.
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