God's peace is your decision tool!
“Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled.” (John 14:27 KJV)
A wonderful tool!
God gives you peace and it is a wonderful tool to help you in your decision making. It has saved me many times from making wrong decisions.
Check your heart for peace!
When I have to make a big decision, I check my heart to make sure I have God’s peace about it. Sometimes, everything looks perfectly fine on the surface; I can’t see anything wrong, yet I don’t have peace about the decision. When this happens, I stop and wait. Often, the answer becomes clear later and I am then very glad that I didn’t move forward without peace.
Let the peace of God rule!
“Let the peace of God rule in your hearts.” (Col. 3:15 KJV) This is good counsel to follow!
It could even save your life!
I have a friend who was scheduled to fly to Africa for a speaking engagement. He was very excited about going and everything was arranged and looked good. But, just before he was to leave, he felt a sudden heaviness in his heart about going and no peace about it. So, even though he had already purchased his ticket, he decided not to go. Soon after, he was very glad he had decided to “let the peace of God rule in his heart,” and not go on the trip to Africa, because the airplane he was scheduled to be on crashed and all passengers perished!
Therefore…
“May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.” (2 Peter 1:2)
“Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in every way. The Lord be with you all.” (2 Thess. 3:16 ESV)
“I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33 ESV)
Quote:
“We must do our business faithfully; without trouble or disquiet, recalling our mind to GOD mildly, and with tranquility, as often as we find it wandering from Him. - Brother Lawrence