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Meditation–Philippians 4:6-7

"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."

Worry is a regularity among humanity. We anticipate events with concern as to how they will turn out, how we will come across, whether or not we and those that we love will be safe, etc. In some seasons, we look at the future in general and wonder with nail-biting skepticism as to whether or not a positive outcome can be in store. We are not alone in our age, for the apostle Paul here also had to encourage the early church to put their trust and confidence in the Lord.

One thing here is to be completely excluded and another to be entirely our practice. Anxiousness is to have no place in our lives because God is sovereign over every future event. And so we must come to Him in humble, thankful prayer, contented with the fact that nothing will escape Him and all that must be accomplished will come to pass. With such things ahead, being yet mystery to us, we must utter our requests before the throne, placing our concerns, burdens, and desires at His feet. He knows what we need before we ask Him (Mt. 6:8) and yet delights in our coming to Him.

What then is the result of such activity? The calming, comforting, unmatched peace of God. We believe in and come to our Lord in faith that does not see with mortal eyes, and we receive that sort of peace from Him that is more real and beyond us than could ever come from the most tangible, breath-taking, and serene portraits here. At that moment, we have a guard to keep and cover us. We will have known something otherworldly that reminds us of who we are and who we belong to: our sweet Savior, our Jesus. When we are tempted toward anxiety again, temptations which will surely come, we will have in our memory that wonderful peace of God that will encourage us again toward the throne of grace where we find that blessed help in our time of need (Heb. 4:16). Come to Him and know His peace today!