You might ask why can I not find peace or why do I not have peace. I will say this, when you do not have closure, you will not have peace. The peace of God is meant to guard your heart and mind. It is meant to be a buffer from anything that could disrupt that connection to the Lord that we value so much. When you cannot find the peace in your mind and heart, you are not able to rest in the Lord. If you are not able to rest in him, then you become less capable of carrying out your kingdom responsibilities and being the asset that God desires you to be. You are crippled because your heart's focus is not centered around the assignment that God has laid out before you.
The word says in Mark 4: 37-39 And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full. And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish? And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
When your peace is disrupted you've got to know what name to call on when trouble comes. You've got to know that in the name of the Lord every assignment against your mind can and will be cancelled at the declaration of that matchless name. Yes, the Lord does care and is concerned about the trouble that comes into your life. Yes, he is concerned about your heart. No, he does not want you to perish in the storm, but he wants you to find peace in the storm. That is why Jesus spoke to the storm and decreed peace to overtake the borders of the boat and it released not only the raging seas, but also the water that had infiltrated the deck. This is how the peace of God operates. It moves in and releases everything that causes us conflict and confusion and every weight pours out of us and off of us along with the discord that was causing our mind and heart to be disrupted. There is quietness that comes with the peace of God that nothing else can compare to. At midnight where you use to be restless because the boat was tossing, when God restores peace, restlessness leaves you and perfect peace moves in. That's why the water had to leave the boat, because when Jesus commanded that peace be restored anything that conflicted with his commandment had to detached itself from situation.
I've watched this peace pass over me as I closed doors that still remained open from my past. You've got to take a really good look at where you are emotionally to determine if you are still holding a key to your past that you need to relinquish to the Lord. It will take that very thing for all of us to find the peace of God and have that calm come over our lives that God wants us to rest in. Jesus says, "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest (Matt 11:28)". That's really all he wants. We cannot handle these things alone. He doesn't expect that we should. What he is waiting for is for you to know that this peace can only be found in him and to allow him to give it to you. Let Go and let God!
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