When we feel stressed out, tried, weary, overwhelmed by life, we will go to great lengths and take all kinds of measures to try to regain and restore that peace. We will spend money on all sorts of remedies. We will go to the doctor and get a prescription to calm our "nerves". We will take a nap. We will get a drink. We will take a trip. We will engage in some sort of entertaining activity. We will go for a long walk. We will try to get away from reality for a while. If we think it will help, we will do it. But we will neglect to do the one thing that will insure that peace. Go to God's word. We will totally neglect it or use it as a last resort.
For some reason we don't think that His word is what we really need. Evidently, we don't think that it is as powerful as the other things we are willing to try. If we did, we would go to it. If we did, we would take the time to read it. If we did, we would sit down with it and "bathe" our heart, mind and emotions in it and let it wash away all the mental clutter, confusion, frustration, anxiety, worry and emotional fatigue.
Before you totally neglect His word and put all your hope in some other alternative, that only brings temporary relief, remember this: His word is life. His word is peace. His word brings hope. His word is trustworthy. His word is powerful. His word is Him. It is His very breath, heart, love, grace and will. He is the Living Word. He is the Prince of Peace. He is the glory and the lifter of your head. He is Grace, therefore, He gives grace over every trying thing that wants to steal your peace.
Do you want real peace? Do you want just momentary peace? Do you want just some peace? Or do you want great and sustaining peace? Remember, great peace comes as you love His word and loving it means you read it, study it, embrace it, hide it in your heart and do it.
Have a great day. Do you want peace? Real peace? Then you will find it in God's word.
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Coffee Break is a morning devotional written by Lorraine Ezell
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