Happy Wednesday, July 16th, 2025. If you’ve been searching for peace lately – real peace – you’re not alone. Sometimes it feels just out of reach, but Isaiah gives us an equation for finding a perfect peace that never fails.
Today's Reading:
Isaiah 25,26,27,28; Hebrews 13
Scripture
“You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.”
(Isaiah 26:3 NIV)
Observation
This verse doesn’t just describe peace—it defines where it comes from. In Hebrew, perfect peace is shalom shalom—a double portion of peace, full and complete. But it’s not automatic. It’s kept, guarded, and sustained by God, for those whose minds are fixed—steadfast—on trusting Him.
It’s not that the storm disappears, but that the anchor holds.
Steadfast Mind + Trust in God = Perfect Peace.
And the one who holds it all together? God.
It’s a promise—but it’s also a process. Peace doesn’t come from getting what I want or avoiding stress. It comes from trusting God with a steadfast mind.
Application
I ask for peace, but sometimes I’m not guarding my thoughts. I let stress run the show. I dwell on the worst-case scenario or carry burdens that aren’t mine to hold. God is the one who keeps me in peace, but He doesn’t bypass my thought life to do it. When my mind wavers—so does my peace.
I need to be more deliberate with what I dwell on—less “what if,” more “even if.”
If I want peace to remain, I need to train my mind to return to trust. To come back to the character of God again and again. Today, I will intentionally fix my thoughts on Him. Because:
Steadfast Mind + Trust in God = Perfect Peace.
Prayer
Father, today I pray for perfect peace—not just for myself, but for my friend walking into chemotherapy tomorrow. Surround them with Your presence, and let that be the strongest medicine.
For anyone facing uncertainty this week—whether sickness, anxiety, grief, or stress—keep their hearts and minds steady in You.
May the God of peace, who brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep, equip us with everything good for doing His will. May He work in us what is pleasing to Him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever.
Amen.
—Chris Kiriakos