Perfect Peace
“You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You. Trust in the Lord forever, for in Yah, the Lord, is everlasting strength.” (Isaiah 26:3-4)
God made an amazing promise through the Prophet Isaiah: “You will keep him in perfect peace.” What a promise – “perfect peace”! God promises that we can have perfect peace, and even be kept in a place of perfect peace.
In the original Hebrew text the term “perfect peace” is actually shalom shalom. This shows how in the Hebrew language repetition communicates intensity. It isn’t just shalom; it is shalom shalom, “perfect peace.” It is as if God wasn’t satisfied to give us one door of peace to walk through; He opened up the double doors of peace and said “shalom shalom.” If one assurance of peace is not enough for us, He will follow it with a second and then put on top of those two the promise to keep us there.
Some can have this perfect peace, but it is fleeting and they are never kept there. Others can be kept in peace, but it is not a perfect peace; it is the peace of the wicked, the peace of spiritual sleep and ultimate destruction. But there is a perfect peace that the Lord will keep is in.
Who are the people who enjoy this peace? Isaiah tells us: “Whose mind is stayed on You.” This is the place of perfect peace and even the source of it. When we keep our minds stayed – settled upon, established upon – the Lord Himself, then we can be kept in this perfect peace.
To be kept in this perfect peace, our mind must be stayed. So, what sustains your mind? What do you lay your mind upon? What upholds your mind? What does your mind stand fast upon? What is your mind established upon? What does your mind lean upon? To have this perfect peace, your mind cannot occasionally come to the Lord; it has to be stayed on Him.
To be kept in this perfect peace, our mind must be stayed on the Lord. If our mind is stayed on ourselves, or our problems, or the problem people in our lives, or on anything else, we can’t have this perfect peace. This is the heart that says with the Apostle Paul, “that I may know Him” (Philippians 3:10). Satan loves to get our minds on anything except God and His love to us!
To emphasize the point, Isaiah wrote: “Because He trusts in You.” This is another way of expressing the idea of keeping our minds stayed on Him. Almost always, you keep your mind stayed on whatever you are trusting. When we trust the Lord, we keep our mind stayed on Him. It all means that the battle for trust in our lives begins in our minds. If we trust the Lord, it will show in our actions, but it will begin in our mind.
These two wonderful verses end like this: “For in Yah, the Lord, is everlasting strength.” If the Lord calls us to rely on Him completely with our mind, He appeals to our mind with a rational reason why we should trust the Lord – because He is everlasting strength. It isn’t that the Lord has everlasting strength, He is everlasting strength.
That should put your mind at peace – perfect peace indeed!
Thank you for this message. I really hit it by mistake, but God knew I needed it. I meant to read Psalm 63, which I will do now. Thank you for your knowledge and Spitit led insights. They are a blessing.
Thank you so much for this Word; Iam encouraged and so inspired by it.
During this time of trouble, it is wise to think upon the lord, I have that peace.
This is a genuinely excellent word. Thank you for helping me to understand what it means to keep my mind stayed on God.
I Thank You for The Words it really explains to me how to keep my mind stayed on God it brought Joy to my heart ❤️ and tears to my eyes thank you again for that awesome word to study….. Amen
What we have once appreciated we can never lose. All that we love profoundly turns into a piece of us.
I was just reading in my devotional today March 1,2023 about the perfect peace that we can have when we trust the Lord and our minds are stayed upon him and not ourselves or our circumstances. After looking up scriptures, I was led to your writing on SHALOM SHALOM. Oh! How wonderful to know that we can walk through two doors to embrace and walk in that peace that passes all human understanding. Thank you so much for sharing. God Bless you! Grace & Peace.
This is so profound everlasting Word of the Lord. I am humbly blessed. I am walking through the double doors of perfect peace. Shalom shalom
Thank you Carolyn for your encouragement Today is Saturday, July 1st and I am in q Nursing Home in the State of Florida for over over a 1 year. I needed God’s PERFECT Peace this morning and He gave it to me. God Bless You Carolyn. Bob
Thank you for the words of encouragement.
Oh my God , how I looonged to experience PERFECT PEACE. Thank EVERYONE for the inspirations . Now I’m going to try to STAY MY MIND ON GOD to experience the PERFECT PEACE. Blessings for the new year love you all