peaceful meditation

4/2/12 Peace…..it’s all from Him, the One who is our Peace. Such began my word study on God, our peace. Jehovah Shâlôm or Yahweh Shâlôm.

Then Gideon built an altar there to the LORD and named it The LORD is Peace. (Judges 6:24)

יהוה שׁלום

Jehovah-shalom = "Jehovah is peace"

       1. the name of a sacred altar built by Gideon in Ophrah

Gideon had been face to face with the angel of the Lord having just witnessed a miracle of God’s power. It was at that moment that he recognized who his God was and he worshiped. It was the beginning of the alleviation of Gideon’s fears for both himself and the nation of Israel. That fear was replaced with trust in the Lord. Once trust replaces fear, the result is peace.

I filled an entire page with “peace” verses but I kept going back to Judges 6:24.Knowing the character of the God whom I worship is where “peace” of mind starts. Where peace resides, anxious thoughts are captured and covered by His consolations. (Psalm 94:19) Delight and trust take over.

Perfect peace comes from a mind focused on the Lord.

You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you because he trusts in you. (Isaiah 26:3)

When peace resides in the mind, it moves to the heart. A peaceful heart permeates the body.

A heart at peace gives life to the body…..(Proverbs 14:30)

Those are pieces of my peaceful meditation which God is now allowing me to put into practice.