Happy New Year! So what Is your word for 2026? I think that choosing a word has replaced making resolutions. It has been years since I made a list of resolutions, but I want to focus on my spiritual growth. In February I will celebrate my seventy-third spiritual birthday. When I was a child I visited a home where a child had grown physically, but not in any other way. Though he was six or seven years old, he lay in a playpen, was fed through a bottle and had his diaper changed. What a tragedy it would be if in these seventy-three years I had never grown.
I am choosing to focus on peace. I need specific instructions on how to produce peace in my life. Colossians 3:15 tells me to let the peace of Christ rule in my heart. How do I do that?
First, Isaiah 26:3-4 says, "Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee; because he trusts in thee. Trust ye in the Lord forever; for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength." I must keep my mind centered on the Lord, claiming peace.
Second, Philippians 4:6-7 tells me to pray. "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 passes all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." I must keep the lines of communication with God open.
Third, I must keep my communication from God open. Psalm 119:165 says, "Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them." I want Him to talk to me. If I love Him, I must love what He says to me.
Galatians 5:22-23 lists the fruits of the spirit. The third fruit is peace. If I am showing spiritual fruit, peace will be evidence of that.
Psalm 34:14b says I am to seek peace, and pursue it. Whatever you are choosing to focus on, seek peace. Pursue it.
~~Faith Himes Lamb
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