I used to let things bother me more than I would like to admit. My mistakes would play on repeat if someone said or did something offensive to me.
If I argued with someone I would play scenarios of how it could have gone differently, I would let it distract me from what I should have been focused on.
If we let these things consume us, we fall into the trap of the enemy. Satan robs us of our inheritance and on of the most valuable things we can possess -peace.
Satan (the enemy) and people do and say things that cause us to walk around in frustration. I chose not to be bound by the thoughts and opinions of others but by the Word of God.
Jesus promised us peace as our inheritance and we can claim it today and walk in it.
If I was to picture peace it’s like being in the mountains sitting by a river or stream, drinking a cold drink and enjoying the sounds of nature. But that doesn’t help when the trials of life cone. True inner peace is having a sense of calmness and contentment internally despite your external environment.
Jesus as the “Prince of Peace,” is the perfect example of someone who protected His peace. I think of the Bible account in Matthew 8:23-27, where Jesus was sleeping on a boat during a terrible storm, and everyone else was running around thinking they were going to die.
He told His disciples “You of little faith, why are you so afraid?” Then He got up and rebuked the storm and the winds and the waves became calm.
From Pity to Praise 