“You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You.” — Isaiah 26:3 NKJV

When peace eludes us and seems beyond our reach, the first thing we should do is refocus our mind. Our problems get larger in our imagination when we keep thinking about them. While it may be natural to mentally rehearse our problems, it’s not the most effective way to dispense them from our lives.

The solution is to turn our focus on the Lord and fill our mind with His capability to relieve the situation that is stealing our peace. Putting our focus on the solution to the problem, rather than on the problem itself, is building our trust in God’s wisdom for dealing with it or His providence to remove it.