Thursday, April 28, 2022
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore, we will not fear though the earth be removed. And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea.
-Psalm 46:1,2
The peace of Christ is not a boisterous, untamable element made manifest in loud voices and bodily exercises. The peace of Christ is an intelligent peace, and it does not make those who possess it bear the marks of fanaticism and extravagance. It is not a rambling impulse but an emanation from God. {FW 87.4}
When the Saviour imparts His peace to the soul, the heart will be in perfect harmony with the Word of God, for the Spirit and the Word agree. The Lord honors His Word in all His dealings with men. It is His own will, His own voice, that is revealed to men, and He has no new will, no new truth, aside from His Word, to unfold to His children. If you have a wonderful experience that is not in harmony with expressed directions of God’s Word, you may well doubt it, for its origin is not from above. The peace of Christ comes through the knowledge of Jesus whom the Bible reveals. {FW 88.1}
If happiness is drawn from outside sources and not from the Divine Fount, it will be as changeable as varying circumstances can make it; but the peace of Christ is a constant and abiding peace. It does not depend on any circumstance in life, on the amount of worldly goods, or the number of earthly friends. Christ is the fountain of living waters, and happiness and peace drawn from Him will never fail, for He is a well-spring of life. Those who trust in Him can say: “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore, will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof…. There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High” (Psalm 46:1-4). {FW 88.2}
Heart Questions: Do you have the peace of God in your soul? Are you in perfect harmony with the Word of God? The Spirit of God and the Word of God agree. The Lord honors His Word in all His dealings with you. It is His own will, His own voice, that is revealed to you, and He has no new will, no new truth, aside from His Word, to unfold to you. Believing this and trusting God you will surely have God as your refuge and strength, and every time you are in trouble you know that is present help is there. Therefore, you will not fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling
- Pray that God would re-ignite His peace in you and that will study and believe His word so that through the Holy Spirit you will become one with God. Pray that you will increase your trust and faith in God knowing that He will give you the strength though the things are not going the way it should and you will have that peace because He is your refuge and strength.
- Pray for that God would re-ignite a fresh passion in the hearts of His people – a fresh passion to study His Words and that He is a refuge and strength to them
- Pray that church members in Haiti would understand that the Seventh-day Adventist Church is a prophetic movement with a prophetic message entrusted by heaven with a very special prophetic mission, and now is the time to shine for God’s glory.
- Pray for heavenly vision that we can see beyond the grave, the pain, hardship, suffering and poverty of this life, to see the heavenly reward that awaits those who are faithful to the end, and He is their refuge and strength