Isaiah 26:3, God's Promise Of Perfect Peace All The Time

Isaiah 26:3, “Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.”

Since 2002, I have counseled many people through my popular website ministry. It is always my soul's joy and privilege to help others find their way in the Lord. From time to time we all get off course. All I do is take the Scripture and help hurting people find what they need in the Word of God. The Holy Bible has ALL the answers to all your problems, in one way or another! 

I learned a wonderful truth years ago in 2018 from one of my favorite people, Pastor Steven Barnes. First lets examine the Scripture passage:

2nd Timothy 3:16-17, “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.”

This is what Pastor Barnes taught me about this passage of Bible:

1. DOCTRINE shows us what the right path is.
2. REPROOF shows us when we're getting off the right path.
3. CORRECTION shows us how to get back on the right path.
4. INSTRUCTION shows us how to stay on the right path.

Good stuff Menard! Oh, how we need the inspired Word of God each day of our life. Pastor Jeff Owens once said something in a sermon that I never forgot. Brother Owens said: “When you don't read your Bible and pray you are saying to God, 'I don't need your help God, I can make it on my own!'” That is so very true! We all need the guidance, comfort and hope which the Scriptures give to us. ...

Psalms 119:165, “Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.”

I looked up the Hebrew words in this beautiful passage. The word “peace” here is the Hebrew word Shalom, which means “well, happy, prosperity.” The word “offend” is the Hebrew word mikshol and means, “a stumblingblock, to cause to fall, offence.” Hence, the Bible is teaching us in this wonderful passage, that if we love (have affection for) God's Word, applying it to our daily life, then we will not stumble along life's way, and we will be happy and find true lasting eternal prosperity.

This doesn't mean that we won't suffer heartaches, losses and problems in life, it just means that through it all we can have the unquenchable joy that comes from knowing our name is written in Heaven (Luke 10:20). We can rejoice in knowing that we have a home beyond the stars, where no storm clouds rise. Psalms 119:165 means that if you heed the Word of God, you won't stumble along life's way. You will not be led astray by the False Shepherd (the Devil)! No one can deceive you doctrinally if you heed the inspired Holy Bible! Great peace have they that love Thy law, and nothing shall destroy them! Nothing shall cause them to fall.

What saith the Scripture? ...

Philippians 4:6-9, “Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.”

I love this simple but profound passage. Everyone likes to quote verses 6 and 7 about prayer, but they leave off verse 8 about controlling our thought life. Folks, I don't care how much time you spend in prayer, you are going to be down, depressed and miserable if you listen to negative news, slander and gossip all the time. I follow Pastor Bob Gray Sr.'s Twitter page each day. Yesterday I saw some slander from another Twitter member about Dr. Bob Gray Sr., so I blocked that account out! I refuse to hear gossip and negative comments about my friend Dr. Bob Gray Sr.! I won't listen to it!!! No way!!! Dr. Bob Gray Sr. is my good friend in soulwinning!!! Remember, the Devil is the accuser of the BRETHREN (Revelation 12:10). The Devil doesn't accuse the heathen world, he accuses THE BRETHREN!!!

God PROMISES to keep us in perfect peace as believers, if we'll simply STAY OUR MIND on the Blessed Savior JESUS CHRIST. Isaiah 26:3, “Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.” What an awesome God!!!

What saith the inspired Scripture? Hebrews 12:2-3, “Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.” Please don't miss the great truth taught in verse 3. The Bible teaches us to CONSIDER the persecution that Jesus faced from enemies on a continual basis, to encourage us, so that we won't be wearied and faint (quit) in OUR MINDS.

That is interesting. The Bible doesn't say QUIT, it says, FAINT IN YOUR MINDS. I believe this is speaking about depression, discouragement, negativity and feeling down because of persecution. We've all been there! I sure have. Many times I have felt like just quitting in my mind, which if we don't properly counsel yourself we will quit in real life. No one has ever quit anything, but that they didn't first quit IN THEIR MIND.

The Bible exhorts us as saints to focus on the sufferings of Christ, so that we won't be discouraged and quit. Isaiah 53:3-4, “He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.” Jesus was a man of sorrows! He was rejected of men, and no stranger to grief. Think about that. 

Many people despised Jesus everywhere He went. Luke 8:37, “Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again.” Isn't that horrible? The townspeople of Gadarene besought Jesus to leave and don't come back! Mark 5:17, “And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.” They were upset about their 2,000 dead pigs. But Jesus didn't kill those pigs, the demons did! It is so typical of wicked people to only think about money. That is what is wrong with today's apostate Bible colleges and churches, everything has become about salaries and making more money!

Dear reader, God PROMISES you and I perfect peace and joy, if we'll simply STAY FOCUSED on Him. It is so easy to stop trusting God. Mark 11:22, “And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.” Do you have faith in God friend? While you are riding the public transit to or from work, do you feel perfect peace in your soul? You can. You should. You won't get that peace listening to the daily negativity in the news. You'll find that peace by placing your soul's trust in Christ, the keeper of our soul. Isaiah 26:3, “Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.”