Reading through Psalms 3* this morning the verse that says that God is the lifter of our head made me think of a song on the read. Whenever I hear Andy Grammer's "Keep you Head Up" song it always helps put a little pep in my step. We all want to live carefree right? It seems that so many things keep us from that. But here's a secret, we can have peace throughout everything we do. It's not just the times when we are fishing, or laying on a beach, or on a run that we can be at peace.
In Isaiah 66:12 the Lord says "peace like a river". How many have you have ever been white water rafting on a river before? I sure have, and it is by no means "peaceful" in my mind! Rapids, huge rocks, raging waters...you get the picture. This is a great way to see how God has peace for you throughout all of life, rough waters included. When Christ is the captain of your life, we can trust him that he will get us through safely. We can be at peace knowing He will never leave us and loves us so much.
Let's change the way we think about peace in our daily lives, it's not only when we step back from everything that we can be at peace [these times are SO necessary though too, don't get me wrong!], but it's throughout every part of our day.
Once we let go of the tight grip we have on our lives and trying to be the own captain of our proverbial raft, it's then that we can open up our arms, throw our head back and let God fill our lives with Him.
God wants us to live in His freedom. In Galatians 5:1 it says, "It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery." When we live for Christ instead of living for this world and when we put our hope in Him, there is this unbelievable peace that comes from that. The kind of peace that fills your heart, your mind and spills over into everything you do. It makes me think of the photo at the top of this blogpost... a releasing of all worry, stress, expectations, hurt and fear and just asking to be filled with Christ's love. "God here I am, all I want is you...and all I have is yours". I'm all in.
Romans 15:13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
Callie Goodwin
Listening to: Elevation Worship- www.elevationnetwork.com
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