I've started reading through Sarah Young's Jesus Calling, A 365- Day Devotional. Today's devotional (April 2) is all about God's Peace.
"I have promised to meet all your needs according to My glorious riches. Your deepest, most constant need is for My Peace. I have planted Peace in the garden of your heart, where I live; but there are weeds growing there too: pride, worry, selfishness, unbelief. I am the Gardner, and I am working to rid your heart of those weeds. I do My work in various ways. When you sit quietly with Me, I shine the Light of My Presence directly into your heart. In this heavenly Light, Peace grows abundantly and weeds shrivel up. I also send trials into your life. When you trust Me in the midst of trouble, Peace flourishes and weeds die away. Thank Me for troublesome situations; the Peace they can produce far outweighs the trials you endure."
God is trying to teach me a number of things right now. He keeps telling me to give everything over to Him. All my planning, stress, worry, does me no good. He wants me to give it over to Him because His plan is greater than anything I can imagine. I feel like in today's reading, God is telling me that when I give over my troubles and worries to Him, Peace will overcome me. Peace is already in my heart, but my worry, pride, selfishness tends to overtake His Peace. To me this is a good reminder to focus on Him and what He is doing because he will overtake the "weeds" in my heart.
Philippians 4: 19
"And the same God who takes care of me will supply all my needs from His glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus"
