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Peace

by Heidi Long

Peace. A peace that passes all understanding. That’s a pretty huge concept to try to grasp. It’s even harder when you feel like God is leading you over a cliff. There’s a mental war that begins when you realize you cannot see where he is leading you to go. It goes something like this: “I know God is good. I know he has lead me to this place and I am nearly dead certain he is calling me to take a flying leap off this cliff….. of which there appears to be no bottom. Mmm hmm, okay, back up. God IS good – I just know it.”

And quite honestly that’s where I was a few weeks back. We needed to do something that seemed like an enormous, possibly dangerous, certainly risky kind of thing. I was in a state of near panic. I’m sure my sweet hubby would say I was way beyond panic, but this is my story. Let me just tell you I was on my face before God. Literally. I was throwing myself at his feet, which I knew was the best place to be. Since the go-or-no-go decision was up to my husband, I was asking God to either show him if this was out of his will (as in, completely insane) or take away my jumbo case of  nervousness.

Thankfully I was in a Bible study on the fruit of the Spirit and we were nearly to the end. I was able to take what I learned about His peace and faithfulness and goodness and put it to a very practical use in my life. Here’s what I did (and what may help you if you are looking into your own God-approved chasm).

First I surrendered myself and my day to the Lord—this was the face on the floor part. I asked for forgiveness of all my sins so there was nothing holding me back from the fullness of His presence and action in my life. I asked for the power and presence of the Holy Spirit to infill every part of me.

I asked for a change, of course, if that was what he wanted—and a change of heart if he wanted us to keep walking in the way we were headed. I reminded Him and myself of his promises to keep us safe, to guide, to shelter, to bring us through victoriously and not by the skin of our noses. I remembered the times in my past where he has done all those things.

And I praised Him. Whenever the fear crept up I put on the worship music. I used music to keep my mind focused on his sovereignty.

You know what? I was able to walk through the situation in total peace. Complete peace. Absolute peace. I hope you’re getting the picture. It was amazing. My fears were annihilated. I saw his hand at work in my life and that is priceless to me because now I have another example of his awesome intervention for the next time he leads me to an “impossible” leap.

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