You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You. Isaiah 26:3.
Today your LORD (יהוה) God (אלהים) says:
How can you walk with Me, talk with Me, and enjoy Me in that place of grace in which you now stand where you are never alone and My heart of love is your constant home? This is the life Paul spoke of when he said he had learned to be content no matter what the outward circumstances were like because he had complete inner peace. He was in the holy hush of the innermost court, the Holy of Holies, without ceasing. That is the secret place that I speak of in Me where your life is hidden now in Christ in Me.
Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory. Colossians 3:1-4.
And there, no matter where you are, you are enjoying My presence in the light of My countenance. That is why Jesus said that no follower of His would ever be in darkness but would have the Light of Life. When you follow Him, you never lose your way because He is the way and He draws you always into Me. It is your high calling in Christ. It raised you up out of the miry clay and put your feet on the height, Mt. Zion, and a new song in your mouth, a song of praise as you watch the downfall of all evil before you. For when you walk with Christ you walk paths of righteousness.
Righteousness will go before Him and will make His footsteps into a way. Psalm 85:13.
He guides me in the paths (מַעְגָּל tracks) of righteousness for His name’s sake. Psalm 23:3.
The Hebrew noun מַעְגָּל pictures a clearly marked track worn smooth by repeated use—an established course along which feet, carts, or flocks move with confidence. Its circular nuance suggests a path that reliably brings the traveler back in line when he veers, emphasizing stability rather than adventure. The shepherd’s track leads the sheep to secure pasture; likewise the My Spirit directs you along morally right courses of honor and integrity.
There is a wonderful future for the man or woman of peace. Those who sow and cultivate peace reap a harvest of righteousness.
Where there is strife there is confusion and every evil work. James 3:16. How good it is where brethren dwell as one! Believers that first followed My Son were of one mind and one heart. Peace is a fruit of My Spirit and it comes when you act in love and live in love.
Peace is stability that comes from being established in Me. Great peace have those whose minds are stayed on Me! Great peace have those who love My law.
My Word has a lot to say to you about peace. It should make you realize I consider it vitally important. Do you remember how My Son would open conversation with the disciples when He rose from the dead? “Peace be with you.” Luke 24:36. And do you remember what He told His followers to say when they entered a house when on a journey for preaching the Kingdom? “Peace to this house.” Luke 10:5.
Try to live at peace with all men as far as concerns you. A soft answer calms wrath. It takes two to argue and fight. Be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger. Do not let the sun go down on your anger. Pull out bitter roots by love.
Blessed are the peacemakers for they are My children. I tell you that if your brother has anything against you, go first to make peace (be reconciled) with him before you offer your gift. Once there is peace, you can offer your gift and receive My forgiveness and mercy.
My Son is the Prince of Peace. He reconciled you with Me when you were still dead in your sins and trespasses. From Adam down through the generations the choice to sin by man had created a separation between us that Jesus bridged. He bought you out of the slavery to sin and death and cleansed you of all sin. He took all My justice and wrath for the evil of men upon Himself and ransomed you from the curse of the law. He shields you from the wrath to come. He reconciled you to Me by taking all your sins on Himself and taking the condemnation for sin upon Himself. He bore it all for you. Now you are free—holy and blameless in My sight just as if you had never sinned. We are reconciled. That is why at Jesus’ birth the angles sang “Peace on earth, good will towards men!” Peace. Peace between Me and My beloved mankind. I exalted Jesus because He gave Me My greatest desire—to dwell in, among and with men again as My very dear children.
And He gave you His peace the night before He offered His life as a sacrifice to take away the separation between us. John 14:27. You have His peace which is My peace. You have peace surpassing all understanding. You have peace—deep, beautiful, powerful, restful peace that can take you through any storm unshakeable. And it is rooted and grounded in My all powerful love for you that made Me give My only Son to obtain it for you.
I have given you peace but it is up to you to take and receive it. It is up to you not to let your heart be troubled or afraid. It is up to you to be a peacemaker. I give you peace so that you can do something with it. I give you peace so that you can live in peace and be a peacemaker. I have given you the materials to build with, but it is up to you to build a house of peace.
And the peace I give is not like the world’s peace. The world’s peace is a temporary peace that depends on outward circumstances so that it varies each day. The peace the world gives cannot bring you through a trial unshakeable and bring you to victory. The minute there is a trial the world’s peace is gone for it depends on the outward circumstances entirely. My peace is a fruit of the Spirit and it comes from within you and goes out.
And the peace I give is Shalom. It means nothing missing or broken in your life. It means you have peace in your mind, your will, and your emotions, in your relationships, in your finances, in your body, and in your home. It means you have peace with Me and with yourself. It means you are free from anxiety and fear.
Anger, which festers and grows where there is a lack of love and peace, creates a mess and confusion. It causes divisions, fighting, and factions. Peace, which grows where love is, creates order and beauty. It causes unity, cooperation, and mutual respect. Peace is a binding force. I have given you a Covenant of Peace.
My plans for you for peace and not disaster, a future and a hope. There is a future for the man of peace, but the hopes of the wicked are cut off. There is no peace for the wicked; they are tossed about like a tumultuous sea.
Remember how I told Moses to bless the Israelites? It was a blessing of peace. “May the LORD bless you and keep you, may He let His Face shine upon you and give you peace.”
My Kingdom is a Kingdom of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Gideon called Me “Jehovah Shalom.” The Lord is Peace. Do you remember why He called Me that? Because he heard My voice but did not die. Judges 6:22-23.
Israel had forsaken Me and turned to the worship of other gods, Gideon’s family even had an altar to Baal, but they were blaming Me for not giving them victory over the attacks of the enemy invaders from Midian who were divesting them of all their crops and goods. The Israelites had moved out from under My jurisdiction when they turned to other gods and rejected My commands. I had sent them prophets to warn them of this and call them back to Me but they would not listen. But because they had cried to Me, I came to save them through the cooperation of Gideon. Gideon was conscious of My holiness and feared that he would die for having been in My presence but he came to realize that I came to bless him and empower him to defeat Israel’s enemies. He then built an altar there to Me and called Me “the Lord is Peace.” He listened to Me and began to cooperate with Me. He tore down the altar to Baal after our encounter, although out of fear of men he did it at night when no one saw him. Judges 6:27.
Now since Jesus has reconciled us, My Spirit lives in every born again believer and you can hear My Voice all day and all night if you so choose. And you do not die even though you have such holiness and power within you and with you. For I am your peace.
Through Gideon I brought peace and rest back to Israel. But they forsook Me again and broke that peace. They broke My Covenant. But now I have made a new Covenant with Jesus as your representative and mediator which will never be broken. And I have given to each one of you eternal, everlasting peace and rest when you join yourself in Covenant with Me through Jesus. And that peace is permanent and has no end. You can release it in your life to flow like a river, filling you until it overflows.
Without peace there is no rest. Without peace there is no wholeness. Without peace there is disease, division, and confusion. And without love there is no peace. I bring peace and I am love.
Be reconciled with Me through Jesus and you will receive My gift of peace. And there is a future for a man of peace. But it is up to you to take and receive that peace and to let it guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus by casting all your cares upon Me through prayer and petition with thanksgiving. I will show you what to do. I will lead you on pathways of peace for all My ways are faithful love.
And once you are established in peace, I send you as My ambassador to reconcile others to Me in Christ. Be a peacemaker by bringing My peace to those who do not know that they are forgiven, beloved, made whole, and reconciled to Me in Christ. Put on the footgear of the Gospel of Peace and announce peace to those near and those who are far off, peace through the Blood of the Cross.
Therefore My people shall know My name; therefore in that day I am the one who is speaking, “Here I am.” How lovely on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who announces peace and brings good news of happiness, who announces salvation, and says to Zion, “Your God reigns!” Isaiah 52:6-7.
I love you and My plans for you are peace. Walk in love with Me and you will have peace.
Mark the blameless man and behold the upright, for there is a happy future for the man of peace. As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together; in the end the wicked shall be cut off. Psalm 37:37-38.
Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness. James 3:18.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. Matthew 5:9.
I will listen to what God the LORD says; He promises peace to His people, His faithful servants— but let them not turn to folly. Psalm 85:8.