"Anyone Who Matters"

"O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assembles of violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them." (Psalms 86:14)
There is another way to look at this, if you are skeptical about your own security and place in the family of God: is there peace in your heart for the eternity that awaits you? If there was anything that stood out in my getting saved, more than anything else, it was the sense of peace I felt regarding my eternity with the Lord. It was as if a huge burden had been lifted off of me, and for the first time in my life, I actually felt free. And you want to know the funny part of that, is that I was actually in jail at the time I was saved. Imagine that, in jail, but feeling free! Jesus is not called Prince of Peace for nothing: He is the Prince of Peace because He brings peace with Him when He comes into our hearts. It is beyond anything else we can understand, or anything that we can't; how we can have peace in the midst of something we cannot control, only because we know how much we matter to God! But, here is the thing about how this works in us, it is peace that is tested. I don't really realize the powerful peace that is available until it is actually tested. I think a good example of what I mean is found in the life of Abraham, the father of our faith; who having faith in the promises of God, lacked peace enough about certain situations, enough to have his wife pretend to be his brother. Call it a precaution, if you will; or you could almost call it a lack of faith; but the way I see it, he had peace that needed to be tested. If God is in charge, then He is in charge in a very big way. Little things are seldom enough to prove we really are at peace with God. If your life is going great and you are having no issues to overcome, then you really don't need to concern yourself with much; peace is easy to feel. But throw a little danger or turmoil into your life, and you start to look for peace, anywhere that you can find it. But, there is only one place where we find the kind of peace that we are looking for, it's in God! You think about this little thing Abraham concerned himself with, actually could have become something much bigger; but God intervened! All of the sudden the little thing which could have become a very big thing, became absolutely nothing. Besides that, if you are one of His kids, then you really don't have anything to worry about at all, because you matter! As a matter of fact, He knows every fiber of your being, everything you have ever thought or said or done. There is nothing about you that is hidden from your Heavenly Father; so think of that when you are searching for peace! Peace is found in the big stuff, the stuff that really matters...
"Always be full of joy in the Lord. I say it again -rejoice! Let everyone see that you are considerate in all you do. Remember, the Lord is coming soon. Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God's peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 4:4-7) NLT