Have you every found yourself wound up about something? Perhaps someone said something to you that had you stewing for days? Or perhaps you looked at your bank account and a sudden rush of panic came over you as you realized that you are faced with another month of figuring out how to make ends meet. And you worry.

Our minds are powerful and the thoughts we think actually can effect our state of being.

Look at what the Prophet Isaiah says in Isaiah 26:3, “You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in You.”

Peace is something we need desperately right now and the Bible has so much to say about it. Peace is mentioned hundreds of times but nowhere is it found more than in the book of Isaiah. And furthermore, it is the only reference in the bible to perfect peace.

Doesn’t the sound of perfect peace sound brilliant?

So, how do we find it?

Do we find our peace in which politician is voted into office? Or how much money is in our bank account? Or our relationship status? Or is our peace determined by the One who is in control of it all?

This perfect peace is accessible to you and me if our minds and hearts are fixed on God.

For context, when Isaiah was writing this he was writing it to God’s people who were being severely oppressed by their enemies and yet they were able to tap into this perfect peace because their minds were steadfast —their minds and thoughts were fixed — on God. We can do that too!

I know it is challenging right now, there is so much going on in our lives and in the world but I want to encourage you that this perfect peace —not just peace but perfect peace — is available to you and me if we keep our minds and thoughts not fixed on the things of this world but rather fixed on God!