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YOUR BIBLE AND YOU
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You May
Have Peace
The more you study your Bible, the more clearly you will see how much it
has to say about your life. It is full of good counsel as to how you can make
the most of it. Obviously its Author is deeply concerned for your welfare
and is anxious that you shall be happy, contented, cheerful, and a source of
spiritual strength to your family and community.
Take, for instance, the subject of peace of mind, which has become so very
important to multitudes in these trying times. While millions of nervously
upset people visit psychiatrists and spend fortunes on tranquilizers, your
Bible offers a most reasonable and inexpensive remedy.
All too many nowadays chain smoke “to soothe their nerves,” then drink
stimulants to spur themselves on to do their work. But the peace they seek
eludes them. They are never really at rest, never truly happy. Such living is
a poor substitute for the good way of life revealed in that wonderful Book
of yours.
True, your Bible states that “there is no peace… to the wicked” (Isaiah 57:21),
yet it is equally definite in declaring that those who put their trust in God
shall be kept in “perfect peace” (Isaiah 26:3).
There is a reason for this, and it is given in the same beautiful passage:
“Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because
he trusteth in thee. Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is
the rock of ages” (verses 3, 4, margin).
Peace is to be found in God because He is more durable than the mountains.
With Him there is a stability and permanence that invite the fullest confidence.
He is ever the same, unaffected by forces that work changes in others.
The passing of time brings no alteration to His person or His character. He
endures “from everlasting to everlasting” (Psalm 90:1, 2). Forever and ever all
power in heaven and earth belongs to Him (Matthew 28:18).