Perfect Peace

   There is a fable called “The Devil’s Wedge.”  It tells of how Satan announced that he was going to retire from business and that all his tools would be for sale.  The chief ones were malice, envy, hatred, jealousy, sensuality, vanity and deceit.  There was one, however, in a separate compartment, that was priced higher than all the rest.  It was “discouragement.”  When the devil was asked about the exorbitant price of this one, he said, “That is the most useful weapon of all my tools.  It is worth more than all the rest put together.  I can pry open and get into a person’s conscience with discouragement when nothing else avails me.”

   Everyone has been used by “the devil’s tools” and it is very hard for some to get out of his grasp and overcome discouragement.  Many stay under the devil’s tools until they find that God also has tools that work, which are called “The Lord’s Tools.”  God’s tools are stronger than the devil’s and overcome every tool Satan uses.  One of God’s tools is “Perfect Peace.”  This is a tool that everyone desires, but so few possess.
 
    Isaiah 26:3, “God will keep you in ‘Perfect Peace’ IF your mind is stayed on Him.”  It is so simple:  You keep your mind on Him and He w ...

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