The Peace Of God, And our Search For It

God how do I continue? How do I find the strength? I know through You I am covered (You will provide), but how do we deal with the pain of losing someone that is dear to us…someone that we care for here on earth. No matter how we lost them...whether it is through death, separation or divorce...we are but flesh and bone Lord how will I find peace?

Paul covers this in Philippians 4:6-13. I feel like it is summarized in Phil 4:11-13 where he tells us to “be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your request be know by God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” (Phil 4:6-7 KJV).

The answer is to turn it over "completely" to God. And once again; this is easier said than done. Even though we know that He is the answer to all of our hurts and pains and will give us the peace we search for. So once again it comes back to our ability to let go of the reigns and give it all to Christ, and to trust Him with all our heart. That is where it becomes difficult for us to take “us” out of the equation. But He has given us an arsenal to combat everything that we will ever have to deal with in our life…in His word. This is where a daily immersion into the bible comes into play. And this is not only to be able to deal with loss of people that we love, but for every facet of life…I know that personally I don’t read the bible anywhere near enough, and that is a goal of mine…it will be easier soon however there is no privacy here where we are presently. But God is taking care of this as I speak…it is my faith that has to come through at these times. To get me to the next position that God needs me to be at.

The fact that God has an understanding that “surpasses all understanding”! Should be more than enough, but as I mentioned before, we are but flesh and bones, and we can’t do it with out Christ in our life. And we just can’t imagine things that seem so out of reach for us to be within His grasp…let alone for us to be able to comprehend that He understands our pains completely. We can, through Him, constantly move forward continuing to grow just as He needs us too. His word is so powerful and it brings us strength in Him. We can also immerse ourselves in constant contact with brothers and sisters in Christ, because we are all striving for the same thing. And that is being more like Christ.

We all have pains for various reasons. The one common factor is that as Christians (and pre-Christians; I don’t believe that is no such thing as a non-Christian; just people who haven’t come to know Christ yet); we all have access to the greatest healer ever known, and He has the cure for what ever ails us…all we have to do is seek His guidance to find His peace. And He can share this peace in any way that you can imagine, and a whole lot that you can’t – remember His understanding…“surpasses all understanding”…He can also use whatever He wants too to take away our pain…we just never know. What we need to do is to continue to have faith in Him and His infinite abilities to take care of us as only He can.

Until next time…


Father God I need You in my life; to take away this pain and give me peace…to lead me where You need me to go Father…so I lay my heart at Your feet knowing that You will fill it once again with peace, joy and love...and for this I humbly thank You Father God. Please send your angels of strength, wisdom and peace out to ALL that are in need today and everyday Lord. These things I pray in Jesus’ name, Amen.