Philippians 4:7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. ESV.

I walked downstairs, groceries list in hand, determined to check off the little boxes on today’s agenda. As I opened the front door, I noticed my car was gone, it was nowhere in sight. My first thought was to panic, as I wondered, what could have possibly happened to it? Then the realization that it could have been stolen crept to mind, bringing along with it a surge of anxiety and fear. My mind was frantically racing, asking “who could have done this? Was I targeted? Why my car? Will they try robbing my home next? Maybe this neighborhood is not as safe as I thought it was”…on and on mind ran.

I walked back inside and skipped up the steps into my bedroom where I opened up my prayer journal and poured my heart out to God. In the midst of my rant, I felt an overwhelming peace come over me. A peace so strong that it encouraged me to pray for the person or people responsible for my missing car. A peace that absolutely made no sense!

Philippians 4:6-7 urges us not to be anxious about anything, but to lay down our requests to the God of peace with prayer and supplication, and He will guard our hearts and minds with a peace like no other, that surpasses all human understanding. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, supplication means “to ask humbly and earnestly of” or “to beg.” It is so refreshing to know that I may humbly ask or beg God to calm my anxious heart when I am most desperate and His peace will carry me through the toughest situations.

To finish my story, after calling the police to report my missing car, I was informed that my car was not stolen after all, it was towed. It was partly parked on the grass on the curb in front of my home and the homeowners association was not too pleased about that, so it was towed. Had I not communed with God earlier that day, I most likely would have felt upset but instead, I felt calm and relieved.

Dear sisters, God never promised a trouble-free life. Everyone will experience inconveniences, disappointments, and heartaches: friends will move away, loved ones will pass away, cars may even go missing, but the peace of God remains constant. Constant and readily available for anyone desperate enough to earnestly ask or beg God for it.

Prayer for the day:

Lord, I surrender my anxious thoughts and difficult situations to you right now. Help me to submit to you things I have no control over and fill me with your overwhelming peace that passes all understanding.

In Jesus Name, Amen.