John 14:27
Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
Beloved,
How do you know that the decision you want to take is of God? One of the ways to know is to check your peace level. But there is a word of caution to this. A person who has never exercised himself to hear accurately from God, yet wants to make an important decision, say getting married for example, should not rely on this. Such a person may confuse their momentary excited emotion as proof that their decision is right. If you ask them, such a person may claim to have peace within their decision. But internal peace is not the only way to know the will of God.
Authentic peace of God means there is a communication of the Holy Spirit to your spirit. This is what it means for the Spirit to bear witness with your own spirit. In matters like this, you withdraw your emotions, your sentiments, and your bias to let that communication take place between the Holy Spirit and your spirit.
The peace of God can also be communicated to you amid situations of chaos, panic, and anxiety. For example, from the recent pandemic, one can see that the fear of COVID killed some people and not COVID itself. They did not have the peace of God. Beloved, may the peace of God rule over your affairs in Jesus’ name.
I commend you to God and to the word of His grace.
I call you BLESSED. I call you NATIONS.
