Reach for the Prize

As I reflect on this past year I must confess that I have discovered a wonderful truth. God is great! I have read and am re reading a book written by Andrew Murry on the subject of prayer. I discovered the truth that believing prayer is answered by our Father God even as we pray. I found my self in circumstances that I could not control yet God gave me a passage of scripture that jumped off the page to me. It was Phillipians 4:6-7 which says: 'Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God, and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.'
Wow! I re read those verses then picked them apart. Be anxious for nothing? How is that possible for there are times when fear rushes in to make our minds twist with anxious thoughts. But in everything by prayer and supplication w/thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. Ok, I began with thanksgiving? How? Oh yes, to trust God with my requests. Trust God. Thank God for being trustworthy! As we trust God with thanksgiving laying every prayer and supplication at His throne He gives us a wonderful promise. Trusting will lead to peace, God's peace that surpasses all understanding. That is wonderful! Peace! Blessed Peace. Yet He goes even further to tell us that as we trust Him with the unknown answers of our deepest fears and greatest desires He will guard our hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. There is the price! Christ Jesus. For it is in the peace of God that we can rest while Christ Jesus guards our minds and our hearts. Praise God for His greatness that He so desires for each of us to experience.