WEDNESDAY, JULY 2 DAILY JOURNAL

SHOES OF PEACE

SIMMER DOWN!

Do you ever feel like you get worried about life? Maybe you are worried about the future, relationships with your friends, your family, financial issues, etc. Normally you worry about situations you don’t have control over; issues close to your heart and issues overwhelming your mind. It is easy to get down about the uncertainty of life.

Paul addresses the issue of worrying at the end of his letter to a group of people who live in a place called Philippi. This is the advice Paul gives these people:

Philippians 4:6-7 “Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. If you do this, you will experience God’s peace, which is far more wonderful than the human mind can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.”

What do you see about the character of God in these verses?

Why would God want His people to tell Him what they need & thank Him?

What do you think is God’s peace? In what way could it be better than anything you could ever imagine?

Ephesians 6:15 says “For shoes, put on the peace that comes from the Good News, so that you will be fully prepared.”

So the question for the day is, “What correlation do you see between peace as the armor protecting your feet and peace guarding your hearts and minds?” Answer this in the comments!