"Peace Like A River" - 2

There is another thing that the Peace the Lord gives to us that is in common with a River, and that is the undercurrent. For there is an underlying Peace which we have in Him that is not seen from the surface; but it is felt from deep within. It is such a Peace that sometimes we know we should be feeling unrest in our current situation, yet there really isn't any, instead we feel the calm that only the Lord can bring, because all the while we know that He is working everything to our good; even though we can not see what is going on. This undercurrent also possesses another property which is vital to our Faith also: Even though it is not detectable from the surface, it is very strong and forceful, and when we plunge into it, we are swept away in it. Very similar to the effect that being submerged in Christ will have upon our lives; we become powerless in Him; which means that we can not even fight what He is doing, because He is the one in control. All that we can do is to just rest in Him and be taken through whatever it is we are going through. We dare not even try to fight the current, but must learn to simply trust Him and relax as He moves us down stream. This again is where Faith comes into play; because once we go deeper into our relationship with the Lord, we have less control of what we are doing, and He has more control over our lives; which then produces more Peace in Him and in what He is doing in and through us: What A Ride!!! There is just really no better way to explain it; but you must live it and know that He is God. He knows what is best for our lives, and even though we may not like it sometimes, we have no control really; we must just surrender what little control we think we might have, and give Him all of our life; and He will see us to the end... "For we which have believed do enter into rest, as He said, As I have sworn in My wrath, if they shall enter into My rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. For He spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest on the seventh day from all His works. And in this place again, If they shall enter into My rest. Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief: Again, He limiteth a certain day, saying in David, Today, after so long a time; as it is said, Today if ye will hear His voice, harden not your hearts. For if Jesus had given them rest, then would He not afterward have spoken of another day. There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. For he that is entered into His rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from His. Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief." (Hebrews 4:3-11)