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Today's Devotion
From Dr. David Jeremiah
Keeping the Peace
December 26, 2025
You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.
Isaiah 26:3
Recommended Reading:
Philippians 4:6-96 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.8 Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things. 9 The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you.
Philippians 4:6-9
How is it that the season in which we celebrate the birth of the Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9:6) can become a season of stress and anxiety? The Christmas season has become so busy that it is easy to lose the peace that Jesus promised: “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you” (John 14:27).
As you take a moment to rest between Christmas and the beginning of the new year, reflect on this question: How do we maintain the peace of God and closeness with God that allows us to keep everything else in perspective? Surely it begins with maintaining a daily closeness with Jesus whereby we find rest for our souls (Matthew 11:28-30). In that discipline we are reminded of God’s words through the psalmist, “Be still, and know that I am God” (Psalm 46:10). In those moments we can focus on what is true, noble, right, pure, lovely, and admirable—values not always communicated by the world (Philippians 4:6-9).
It’s much easier to maintain a daily discipline of intimacy with God than to restart it once it is lost.
God cannot give us happiness and peace apart from Himself.
C. S. Lewis
