"And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." (Philippians 4:7)

This precious promise is rooted in the "garrision guard" that God will set around our hearts and minds through His peace. Imagine the war circle of angels "full of horses and chariots of fire round about" that Elisha spoke of..

And it is a war! "But I see another law in my members," Paul wrote, "warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members." Were it not for the peace that exceeds human comprehension, we would quickly succumb to the fact that "in the world we shall have tribulation;" but Jesus also said, "be of good cheer; I have overcome the world."

The "peace of God" is a supernatural peace, not a false calm of meditative hypnosis or a denial of the turmoil that surrounds the "roaring lion" who seeks to devour. This peace is from our Lord Jesus and "not as the world giveth." It comes through the "things I have spoken unto you," Jesus said, "that in me ye might have peace."