His Declaration

“Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts,” Col. 3:15

When tough decisions are required of us these decisions must be based upon prayer and meditation to God. He is interested in the small decisions of our lives just as He is in the large decisions. Once we have heard from the Lord on any issue we can move ahead with confidence.

It is easy to base our decisions on the difficulty of the journey. There is nothing in the Bible that supports this thinking. I remember a few years ago when a person I know had asked us to pray for a 90 day miracle in their home sale. They received a comparable offer within the first 19 days on the market, but with a few inconveniences required of them for 8 weeks. They turned down the offer based on the belief that ‘if this was of God He wouldn’t have placed those obstacles in the way.’ They are two years out and are still involved in the ownership of that home which still presents problems for them.

God’s will never guarantees that it will be easy, but many times it could be the hardest thing required of us. It is tough to ‘keep the peace’ for me and my husband during this challenging time in our lives. Thankfully, the peace that we do keep daily is the peace in the decision of bringing Bruce’s dad to our home.

As a child of God, once we determine God’s will He will place in us an unwavering peace in that decision, apart from our daily challenges. When that peace of Christ rules in our hearts, daily peace will be ours as manna was for the Israelites. We cannot store up that peace for we need to seek it daily.

A declaration is a promise and an absolute. “ ‘And in this place I will grant peace,’ declares the LORD Almighty.’” Haggai 2:9b

Whatever ‘this place’ is for you remember His declaration and claim His promise of peace.