The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Babylon (8)

The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect peace, because he trusts in You.  Isaiah 26:3  NASB Steadfast of – סָמַך (sāmak) lean upon, lay, put, uphold, support[1]  “Steadfast.”  The mind that leans upon God.  But let’s be clear.  That’s not quite the same as believing in God.  In this verse, “steadfast of” is a…

God of the Night

“Have I sinned? What have I done to You, O watcher of men? Why have You set me as Your target, so that I am a burden to myself?” Job 7:20 NASB Watcher of men – May Your desire overtake my desperation, Lord, and when it does I will delight in You. But not tonight….

Buried Away

“and even if our gospel is veiled” 2 Corinthians 4:4 Months have passes since I had my first taste of a Job crisis. God forced me to confront my trust in false security and selfish independence by stripping away the financial storehouse of my existence. Since that day, I have committed myself to a passionate…

The Hebrew Way

The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect peace, because he trusts in You. Isaiah 26:3 Steadfast of Mind – So, what do we do now?  We’ve looked at the ten words (the Commandments) in detail.  We see the scope of their demands, but we know that God intended them to give us direction…

Perfect peace

“The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect peace, because he trusts in You”  Isaiah 26:3 Perfect peace – A double whammy!  Twice as much!  The big double scoop.  If you want perfect peace, Isaiah gives you all you can handle by repeating the same Hebrew word twice – shalom shalom.  The peace of…

Steadfast of mind

“The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect peace, because he trusts in You”  Isaiah 26:3 Steadfast of mind – Once I read an account of a man captured in war.  He was kept in solitary confinement for long periods of time.  In order to resist mental collapse, he began to build a dream…

Peace

“Thou wilt keep the man of steadfast purpose in perfect peace, because he trusts in Thee”.   Isaiah 26:3 Peace – This verse can be translated in several ways.  It might be rendered, “You will keep the nation of steadfast purpose in perfect peace, …” or “You will keep in perfect peace the mind of steadfast…