Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
Isaiah 26:3 KJV
A business once said: "Sometimes, after waking in the morning, Iam appalled by the thought if all the duties and appointments that await me in the next eight or ten hours.
" Then I repeat to myself the words: 'In quietness and confidence shall be thy strength,' and 'Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee.' It is astonishing how guickly the load is lifted once I remind myself of God's presence and help. The strain and tension disapoeary and in its place a feeling if serenity and peace wells up within me."
Dr. Frank Laubach learned to be aware of the presence of God by disciplining his thoughts to think on God once evsryy minute. He called. He called it "the game of the minute." Jacob Boehm, a sixteen the century saint, also spoke of a practice that involved an almost continual awareness of God's presence: "If Thou dost kncs every hour throw thyself. . .into the abysmal mercy if God, then Thou shalt receive power to rule over death and sin."
The airplane pilot radios a message to a control tower every hour and receives an answer. Thus he keeps "on the beam." He is in touch with the controller, he receives his orders, and reports his position. He knows if the station foes not hear from him at the appointed time, they will be alerted to the fact he and his passengers nsy be in danger.
Not everyone has Laubach's or Boehm's discip!ine. But wouldn't it be reassuring to talk to and hear from the control tower at least every hour during the day? It is as simple as uttering a prayer of repeating a scripture
"Thou wilt keep me in perfect peace."
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