[Manna - October 3]
Great peace have they which love Thy law; and nothing shall offend them. Psalm 119:165
OUR requests should be, increasingly, for grace
and wisdom and the fruits of the Spirit and opportunities
for serving the Lord and the brethren, and for
growing more and more into the likeness of God's
dear Son.
Under these conditions who can doubt
that the promised "peace of God beyond all understanding"
would "guard" such "hearts" and their
"thoughts?"
This peace would of itself dispel one
of the great evils that afflict the hearts of many.
Selfishness
and ambition would find little room in a heart
so filled.
Divine peace can dwell in our hearts, and
rule in them, so as to keep out the worry and turmoil
of the world, even when we are surrounded by these
disadvantageous conditions—even when the adversary
himself is besetting us through deceived agents. Z.'04-24 R3306:3