Being Stayed

"You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you." (Isaiah 26:3). The key to a perfect peace in the midst of turbulent times is the staying mind. It's a mind that is super-glued to thoughts of trust and belief in the closeness of God and His power and control. Many days I choose to be stayed yet when I sense God's absence or lack of control (as I perceive it) the bond breaks. When that happens anxiety and fear become my stay and perfect peace is only a shadow fanthom instead of a reality. The superbond is rooted in my experience of the reality of God and His love for me. Do I really believe He is there with me during the disaster sales week or the silence in my ministry search? The real truth is that He is still there. My stay is to be glued to that thought in a belief that supercedes my emotions. I live close by Mount Ranier which dominates the sky in all its majesty. Yet there are some days of cloudiness or fog in which you would never even know it existed. The fog of my doubt cloudies my belief in a God who is there for me. Being stayed begins with an anchor of belief that can only come from solitude and awareness. That relationship that arises out of the fog is true and real. The mountain still stands even when my unbelief gives me tunnel vision. It's time to start trusting in a God who is there.