Isaiah 26:3-4 AMP
[3] You will keep in perfect and constant peace the one whose mind is steadfast [that is, committed and focused on You—in both inclination and character], Because he trusts and takes refuge in You [with hope and confident expectation].
[4] Trust [confidently] in the lord forever [He is your fortress, your shield, your banner], For the Lord God is an everlasting Rock [the Rock of Ages].
The word ‘constant’ is very instructive. The word ‘steadfast’ is one who’s committed and focused on God. He will keep such a man in perfect and perpetual peace. The word ages talks about years, not just for 2025 but the rock of ages, ages past and ages to come.
Psalm 46:1-7 KJV
[1] God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.
[2] Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
[3] Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, Though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
[4] There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, The holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
[5] God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.
[6] The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: He uttered his voice, the earth melted.
[7] The LORD of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
The reason why we will not fear is because we know that he’s constant, consistent, present and available. There is a place where we can find peace with God. The scriptures above are speaking to the realities of the consistency of God.
God is in the midst of her, He is constantly present and consistent in your life. The God of Jacob is our refuge, our everlasting rock. There’s no season you’ll get to, that God will not be available. This is an assurance we need to have that, God is on our side.
God will be waiting for you at every junction of your life, you won’t get into that situation and be looking for God.
In the story of the three Hebrew boys, before they landed in the fire, God was there. The king had to go check what was happening and he confirmed he could see four men and the form of the fourth one is like the son of God. Because they met God there, they were not burnt.
All of this should bring us to a place where we know that the peace we have is a perfect one. It is perpetual and constant. It is not the peace we have in the morning and don’t have in the night.
There is a peace that the world can give and there is a peace that God gives. The peace that God gives is perfect, perpetual, everlasting, the peace that the world gives is fragile, and it does not last.
And ultimately, we have come to know that this peace is a person. The Lord said, “he is our peace”. That’s the height of the revelation about the peace of God we are talking about, that even God himself is our peace and he has offered himself to be our peace. That is why it is constant.
Psalms 46:1-7 as speaking to the fact and the reality of God being present. We will not fear because he is ever present, always with us. Before the earth is removed, we know he is present. The psalmist speaking of the possibilities and circumstances that may come our way; however, before that reality can happen to a man, God has helped us to have an understanding that he is present.
The removal of the earth does not stop his presence. Mountains can be removed but God cannot be removed. He is a constant factor. And if it does not tamper with him, it does not tamper with my peace.
Regardless of all that may happen, in the midst of all of that, there is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, The holy place of the Tabernacle of the Most High.
The reality of this is that things can move but God cannot be moved. And since God cannot be moved, we cannot be moved. The reason why we cannot be moved is because God has offered himself as our peace even though situations will try to move us and our peace will be attacked.
If God cannot be perturbed, our peace cannot be disturbed. If our peace is tied to finance, promotion, and the present situation, it will be disturbed.
This peace we are talking about is perpetually prevailing. The word perpetual means your peace cannot be disturbed because God cannot be perturbed. Our peace is tied to God, it’s with God and from God. That’s why we have the persuasion that God cannot be perturbed and if he cannot be perturbed, our peace cannot be disturbed because certain things disturb the peace of men like lack of money, job, etc.
You must come to a place where even though you know you are expecting something, your peace is not tied to any of those things. This is not meant to deny the reality of your needs but to bring you to a place where you let the devil know your peace is not tied to the fulfillment of your needs but to God.
The Psalmist said he has proved God over and over. How did he come to this place? Over time he has been able to maintain a stable peace, that’s why he can say God is ever-present.
Psalm 23 expresses the heart of David as regards consistent peace. The knowing and understanding that your peace cannot be disturbed is what empowers you on the day of battle and gives you some level of confidence. That’s the confidence the Psalmist had in Psalm 23 that made him say “surely”.
When things are going on, you should have the confidence to shout that surely you have peace with God.
Things are going on and we are shouting we are strong. We are not strong but we have the One that is strong. We keep saying we have peace and we understand where we understand where it is coming from.
When Jesus appeared to the apostles, while being in a closed door because of the fear of the Jews, He spoke to them saying, “Peace I give unto you.” If the peace is not settled in their hearts they can not do ministry.
John 20:19-23 Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord.
Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.
And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:
Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained (KJV).
In verse 20, they needed assurance. Even before showing them nails, He gave them peace. They were debating at first if He was the one to redeem Israel.
When they saw Jesus they were filled with joy. However, He gave them peace. He showed them his hands and sides. Thomas was not present at this time. However, Jesus came for Thomas and received peace and His revelation. The revelation He had was based on peace.
They needed peace to carry out the work of the ministry.
Things will come for us. We may be perturbed. The only way not to be perturbed is to have the peace from God.
The background of what He gave to them was peace. Afterward, He gave them revelation and gave them the Holy Ghost. At this point, the Holy Ghost has not come. It was upon resurrection that they received the Holy Ghost.
Jesus was even helping them in advance of what they were going to receive. They would need to have the foundation of peace intact for Him to receive revelation. The reality of the Holy Ghost is intact. The tangibility of the Holy Ghost had not come but there was something He gave to them.
This peace is constant, consistent and perpetual. We need it to be perpetual and that makes it to be prevailing. This is such that amid situations and conflicts, we are at peace because we cannot be perturbed and disturbed.
We carry this understanding into the midst and issues of life. We know the outcome. In the midst of us, we shall not be moved. We will rise early. We can boldly say the Lord is our helper. We can boldly say, “There shall be no loss.”
We know the outcome. We know that the water and fire will come and it will not overwhelm us.
The peace we have is not after we have received a thing but the one we have is the one that we received before what we asked for.
What He has given us is that we have the peace of God. It is the foundation for us to walk on. It is a foundation for us to operate with. We know it will end well. Before we get to any space and season of our lives, He is waiting for us. If we are being thrown into the fire, He is waiting for us.
The appearance of the fourth man is with us. We know that the only thing the fire burnt was the property of the person who set the fire. There was no smell of fire from them. It takes a level of peace to make them agree. They told the king that even if they were thrown into the fire they would not bow.
We do not have a guarantee over the process but we are sure of the outcome. That is the supernatural life. We are not perturbed. While we wait for God to show up we have peace. We do not know how long it is but we are persuaded of the peace of God.
While we wait for God to show up, we have peace. Our testimony will come with this peace.
What keeps us in that space is the consistent peace of God. The reason for this is that the peace of God cannot be disturbed, so, we can walk through.
The three Hebrew guys were willing to go into the fire even if their God didn’t show up, of course, they knew they knew He would.
We all should get to a point where we’d not be offended by God. John the Baptist was seemingly offended by God when he began to question if Jesus was the actual Messiah.
Then trouble shows up, our duty is not to shout Peace! Peace! It is to stay focused on our peace.
It is God’s responsibility to keep us in perfect peace.
Psalm 46:4
We know the outcome. We are aware of the hand of God. We know that all things work together for our good. The spirit of God in us makes intercession for us. This is where we pick our assurance from. We know that the will of God is perfected in Christ.