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.
