Isaiah 26:3 - You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you.
Trust in the Lord! A seemingly simple exhortation and yet in practice we all to often find ourselves completely at odds with this command. We tend to say “Well, I would trust in God, but…” Our human condition sees a hundred reasons why we have to worry about this or that – what we are saying, really, is that the Lord isn’t “big enough” the handle our problems.
Chambers urges us to devote our entire minds and our imagination to God. Once we do that and bring, as Chambers says "every thought into the captivity of Christ” it enables us to work within the realm of our faith – every trial, every struggle is met with our faith and the Spirit of God working together to resolve it. What amazing power there is in that!!
Chambers references 2 fantastic verses today:
Isaiah 45:22 - Let all the world look to me for salvation! For I am God; there is no other (NLT).
2 Corinthians 10:5 - We destroy every proud obstacle that keeps people from knowing God. We capture their rebellious thoughts and teach them to obey Christ (NLT).
Our faith is worked out in our minds – it is learning to harness our thought life and our imagination so that we can devote them entirely to the Lord. It is then that we will find our hope renewed and will be able to withstand any measure of trial or tribulation.
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