Isaiah 26:3

You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you! (Isaiah 26:3 NLT)

I love this scripture!! It illustrates a craving I have deep within my soul. I want to embody my Savior's perfect peace. I want to trust Him with everything I have and consistently keep my thoughts fixed on Him. How beautifully and wonderfully poetic!

However, if you are anything like me, you fail at this daily, sometimes even hourly. The amazing thing is we are not alone in this. In Romans, Paul says, "I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do." He understands how real our battle truly is.

My personal battle is with pride. It makes my skin crawl to even type that, but it's the truth. I often cannot place my trust in God because in my BC (before Christ) days, I found extreme pleasure in my own accomplishments and by weaving the best picture of myself. I've traveled a little ways in the 7 years since I was chosen to follow Christ, but not nearly as far as I would like. I am a broken woman and I know that today more than ever before. I desperately need the arms of my Savior cradling me. 

My journey definitely needs to primarily be about humility. But what about you? What's your journey about? Do you struggle with the image in the mirror, with serving the people you were called to lead, finding God's calling, an addiction, mourning, fear? Do you know the best thing you can possibly do? Surrender your struggle to the Mighty Counselor. I simply say, "Lord, I surrender my pride to You. Please heal me. Remove the deepest roots of this sin from my heart." Then, I dig deep into His Word, find a verse that correlates with my sin and meditate on it. 

God will heal you. I believe in this with all my heart for you and for me. Most of all, I believe this scripture holds a beautiful promise for us:

You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you! (Isaiah 26:3 NLT)

Lord, 

Thank you for Your everlasting Word. Without it, we would be forever lost. I pray that each person reading this would rediscover Your promises. I pray we can grow into the unique, beautiful person You made us to be. Give us Your perfect peace. Help us to trust in You and to keep our thoughts fixed on You.

In Jesus name,

Amen