Kept in Perfect Peace

Minister:
Date: PM
Text: Isaiah 26:3,4
Psalters: 128, 66, 149, 7
  1. The fact.
    1. Peace is a safety and tranquility where perfect harmony exists.
    2. God is the God of peace (Rom. 15:33; 16:20; Phil. 4:9; I Thess. 5:23; Heb. 13:20).
      1. First, that means that for man to understand peace we have to look at and within God.
      2. Second, God alone gives peace. Only He is the source of it, giving it to whom He will (12a).
    3. For man to have any peace it is necessary that:
      1. Objectively, God has peace with him.
      2. Subjectively, be conscious of what the holy and glorious God has done to establish and maintain this relationship of peace.
  2. Our experience of peace also includes our having peace with God, which comes only by trusting Him (4; cf. Psalm 112:7,8).
    1. Sometimes we focus on our disagreement with Him about what is best for our lives.
    2. Our mind (thinking) must be stayed (lean on and against for support) on Jehovah and His everlasting strength.
    3. God’s peace with us keeps our minds and hearts from worrying and judging Him because we trust Him (Phil. 4:7).
  3. The context is a powerful description of why we can trust Jehovah (Isa. 25).
    1. This song speaks to the invincibility of the church – of the people of God (1,2).
      1. The source of the strength of this city and its inhabitants is spiritual, not physical.
      2. The wall which really protects is “salvation,” i.e., deliverance given by God from sin.
    2. The result of having salvation for walls is the wonderful experience of “peace.”
    3. The Lord has peace with you!  Have peace with Him by trusting on Jehovah Jehovah.