Let Peace Rule


 

Yes... indeed.  

FEAR of consequences,  failure... even making a wrong decision...should not be the deciding factor in any decision.  

If "... we have the mind of Christ. " (1Cor2:16) then we do not have to fear "missing" HIM at all.


Col3:15-16 AMP
"Let the peace of Christ [the inner calm of one who walks daily with Him] be the controlling factor in your hearts [deciding and settling questions that arise]. To this peace indeed you were called as members in one body [of believers]. And be thankful [to God always]. 16 Let the [spoken] word of Christ have its home within you [dwelling in your heart and mind—permeating every aspect of your being] ..."


Col3:15.
"And let the peace of God RULE in your hearts..."

RULE: -  brabeuō (βραβεύω , (1018)), properly, to act as an umpire (brabeus), hence, generally, to arbitrate, decide, Col. 3:15, “rule” (R.V., marg., “arbitrate”), representing “the peace of Christ” (R.V.) as deciding all matters in the hearts of believers;


Isa26:3-4
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 everlasting strength:


HE is the PRINCE OF PEACE!!!
"... of the increase of His government and of peace, there shall be no end. .." (Isa9:6-7).  

 

Wherever His rule and His kingdom reigns, there is peace.


And... where He reigns, one of the laws of His kingdom is:
Rom8:1-2
“There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. FOR THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT OF LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS hath made me free from the law of sin and death.”


Since Christ is THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE... 

and He came that we might have LIFE and that we might have it more abundantly , 

we now live in a kingdom that is designated by life and permeated with peace.



Decisions, then, are simplified by letting the peace of God RULE and finding the breath of life,

 rather than trying to "figure it out"

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