Peace - Part 2 "Anxiety or Peace Your Choice" by Ps Michael Podhaczky

In the previous blog, we were asked to,

“Stop for a moment and think about yesterday? What was it like, were you rushing here and there? Did you lose your inner peace, because of your external world? Was yesterday like that for you? Honestly, we have all been in this situation. What about today? How is it going up to now?”

How did you find this week in light of having read this blog? Well, continuing with the idea of peace, Paul had something to address within the local church at Philippi. That is, he pointed out that they could either have anxiety or peace; it was their choice. See the following,

⁶ “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. ⁷ And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus” (Phil 4:6-7 ESV).

Notice Paul said to them, “Do not be anxious about anything,” that is possibly because they were anxious about anything and everything. Instead of this, he said to pray about things with a thankful focus. Paul also said that they were to “make their requests to God.” This was possibly because they were making them know to everyone and anyone other than God.

This result of doing this would be that the Peace of God would stand guard over their hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. It is a bit like the Grenadiers outside of Buckingham Palace where the Queen of England lives. They stand guard, and we cannot get in without an invitation. So to the Philippians had to give a pass for anxiety to enter their hearts and minds. That is, for the peace of God to stand aside and let anxiety into them.

Finally, Paul said that this kind of peace is above any of their understanding. In other words, it is mind-boggling. It is God who is infinitive in His peace is amid the situation that is unable to be fathomed by the natural mind. The reason is that God is limitlessness in who He is, and this includes His peace. Words fail to express His peace, and so they were to accept it and rest in Him by faith. What about you, do live in anxiety or peace it is your choice?

Pause in His presence for a moment and think this over…