Isaiah26:3 You will keep in perfect peace
all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you! NLT
I was counselling a woman sometimes ago, she had high blood pressure and her condition was under watch by the doctors. She was so worried about her husband and child. She admitted that she worries a lot and that has taken its toll on her health. I counseled her and prayed with her. God is obliged to keep in perfect peace ONLY those whose thoughts are stayed or fixed on Him.
We live in a world where anxiety stings like bee especially because of the situation of things in the economy or our families. God's word is saying that if our attention is focused on Him, we shall experience perfect peace. When our attention is focused on the negative circumstances, anxiety would set in and peace would evaporate.
Let your heart be at rest in God, what you are experiencing shall pass away and it won't last forever. In your time of trials, if you can fix your gaze on the author and finisher of your faith even in the midst of turmoil, you shall experience perfect peace. Nothing is strong enough to steal your peace, search His promises, believe them and confess them. His word is more real than the challenges you are facing.
Father, I receive the grace to fix my gaze on you even in the midst of life's troubles In Jesus name. Amen