The Peace That Passes All Understanding

The Bible tells us, "Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;" (Philippians 4:6) Believers are not to fret or have any anxiety about anything no matter how big or small a situation may seem to be. God tells us what steps to take in order to to rid ourselves of fret or anxiety, ..."in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God." God's Word then tells us the results that a believer will have when fret and anxiety are dealt as He has perscribed, "And God's peace [shall be yours, that tranquil state of a soul assured of its salvation through Christ, and so fearing nothing from God and being content with its earthly lot of whatever sort that is, that peace] which transcends all understanding shall garrison and mount guard over your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus."
(Philippians 4:7 AMP)

Therefore the peace of God in a believers life is the result of praying (the prayer of faith or praying with faith) and obeying His Word. Philippians 4:6 tells us how to enjoy Philippians 4:7. A believer cannot circumvent verse 6 to receive what verse 7 promises and yet most believers will ask another believer(s) to pray for them so that they can have peace and not take it upon themselves to stand on Gods Word, pray and believe. Looking closely at verse 7 we see that it starts with the conjunction "and" which directly connects it to verse 6. So we cannot experience the "peace that passes all understanding" with applying verse 6.

However, as I have mentioned before, believers are in a constant battle with the opposing forces of darkness. You may pray and stand on God's Word in faith, receive His peace and then a day or so later find yourself dealing with fret and anxienty all over again. Well Praise the LORD the Bible tells us how to assault and destroy the thought that the devil will try to fill our minds with that breed fret and anxiety. Believers are to meditate on; Focus one's thoughts upon, esteem highly, recommend heartily, and practice fervently, these things...

• Whatever things are true: All that is agreeable to Gods unchangeable and eternal truth...
• Whatever things are noble: Superior in mind, character, ideals and morals...
• Whatever things are just: That which is legally correct, agreeable to justice and righteousness...
• Whatever things are pure: Purity of the mind, and body...
• Whatever things are lovely: Attributes of beauty, harmony or grace in conduct and conversation...
• Whatever things are of good report: Actions that are truly reputable and agreeable that are useful and profitable to all people...
• If there be any virtue: That which conforms to a standard of right that promote the general good of mankind...
• If there is anything praiseworthy: Things that are applaudable or worthy of high praise...

So once a believer gets to the place in their faith where they have the peace that passes all understanding, in order to keep it, they must reject negative thinking and fill their minds with the right things. In other words, God incredible peace is not going to be able to gurad your mind unless you think right. Remember this simple principle, right thinking produces right believing, right believing produces right confession and right confession products right actions.

"Open the gates, that the righteous nation which keeps the truth may enter in. You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You. Trust in the Lord forever, for in Yah, the Lord, is everlasting strength." (Isaiah 26:2-4) PTL