Peace Of Mind In A World Of Anxieties And Animosities-Part-1 Series

Peace of Mind in a World of Anxieties and Animosities-Part-1

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.”

“Man who is born of woman lives only a short time and is full of trouble. He grows up and dries like a flower. He leaves like a shadow and does not stay. You open Your eyes on him and decide about him. Who can make clean what is unclean? No one! A man’s days are numbered. You know the number of his months. He cannot live longer than the time You have set. If a man dies, will he live again? I will wait all the days of my trouble until a change comes." (JOB 14:1-5, 14-NLV)

The Book of Job has been a masterpiece of literature. It defends the absolute sovereignty, Love, Glory and perfection of God and paints a beautiful picture of "man of God, his suffering and triumph”. This book is also a reminder that we are only “human.” We are mortals and are subject to troubles and death.

Our life is like a flower, it is a shadow, the flower is fading, and all its beauty soon withers and is gone. The shadow is fleeting, and it’s very being will soon be lost and drowned in the shadows of the night. The shortness and uncertainty of human life too: Man is of few days. Life is here computed, not by months or years, but by days, for we cannot be sure of any day but that it may be our last. Man, as he is short-lived, so he is sad-lived. Though he had but a few days to spend here, yet, if he might rejoice in those few, it were well but it is not so. During these few days he is full of trouble, not only troubled, but full of trouble, toiling or fretting, grieving or fearing. No day passes without some vexation, some worry, some disorder or other.

It is not an assumption that the present world is constantly in turmoil. Violence and injustice are committed in the name of hunger, greed, fear, egocentric craving and political and religious ideology. Both within and without, chaos rules our mind and the world. The agonizing cry has echoed down through the ages, but it is heard with increasing intensity as the world becomes increasingly more terrified and full of trouble. Is it also the cry of your heart? Amidst the prevailing discontent and disturbance, do you long for an inward quietness that transcends all else? Is peace of mind possible in such a troubled world?

Many search among outward and tangible things, but neglect to look to God and within. They are afraid of what they may discover. They would like to blame a troubled world for their troubled minds, but the cure must begin within their own hearts. We generally believe that external conditions such as food, cloths, shelter, friends, cars, and money are the real basis of happiness, and as a result we devote nearly all our time and energy to acquiring these material things. Superficially it seems that these things can make us happy, but if we look more deeply we shall see that they also bring us a lot of troubles and problems.

Multitudes are seeking peace in prominence and prosperity, in pleasure and power, in culture and knowledge, in relationships and resolutions. They desire to fill their life with acquaintance, their heads with information and their purses with wealth, but their souls remain empty. Others are seeking to escape the realities of life with stylish pleasure, drugs or alcohol, but the peace they seek eludes them. All their seeking only takes them in a furious circle of frustrations and futility. They are still empty and lonely, still in a troubled world with a troubled mind.

Peace of mind is one of the greatest treasures man can have. But Sin causes the greatest threats to the well-being and peace of our mind. Man's fall resulted in his spiritual death. His body was genetically damaged so that all men are mortal because of the sin of Adam. Men cut off from the source of life and God IS Life! All life, all forms of life, come from God. Being disconnected from the source of life means an organism will begin to die, and continue to die. Peace is a divine attribute and quality. It cannot remain with wicked persons. Bible says "There is no peace," says my God, "for the wicked."(Isaiah 57:21.) Greed, lust, jealousy, envy, anger, pride, and egoism are the enemies of peace. Peace is not in money, estate, bungalows, and possessions. Peace does not dwell in outward things, but within the soul surrender to the Living God.

Bible says “For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace.”(Romans 8:6) Peace is not in the heart of the carnal man. Peace is in the hearts of spiritual men.It is in the heart of an unselfish person, who has denied his self and accepted Christ in his heart. Nothing can bring you peace, but Christ. Nothing can bring you peace, but the victory over yourself, triumph over your body and mind, desires and cravings. When we cease to live in a state of frustration and anxiety and begin to live in a state of serenity and calmness, we have acquired one of the beautiful gems of happiness. Peace with God brings contentment and cheerfulness and is a source of strength to ourselves and others. There can be no peace until all of life—mind, body, and spirit—are coordinated by the One who made us and understands us. He is not only master of the world but knows your life and mine from the beginning to the end. Although our soul longs for God, our sinful nature rebels at His ways. Part of us yearns for God and part of us reaches for fleshly desires. Our hearts are a battleground of continual conflict. This inner struggle causes tension and excessive strain. Without God we are "like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt" (Isaiah 57:20)