Seelenfrieden finden Wir leben in einer hektischen, ruhelosen Welt und have little time to digest really, what flows in on us every day. How can the concerns of daily life to cope and find lasting inner peace and serenity? 
After the most advanced and also most destructive century in human memory, it has become a cliché to say that we live in an extraordinary time. Despite the modern marvels of technology we are experiencing a time of great stress - at personal, national and even global level.
How we cope with our fears - on the general living conditions, about personal problems and the world, our children will inherit? Most of us are concerned, but do not know what to do. How do we retain a perspective?
There is a way to cope with the turmoil around us. There are answers that are effective and encouraging, especially when we are dealing with conditions that are suitable to paralyze us emotionally: job loss, loss of a relative, a fractured or broken marriage, feelings of being deceived, disease. Problems like these can cause seemingly endless grief. For the person who is in such concerns, it is a difficult and painful to get along with it.
Such trauma can be not simply dismiss or play down. You can still be sure that there is a way to find peace of mind - a peaceful, serene state of mind is not constantly subjected to fear when pressure builds up. Many seek the solution in the form of self-help. The techniques and tools that are advertised in popular books and media on stress management and inner peace, may well provide a degree of relief, but none speaks to the fundamental deficit of the human spirit. In order to solve our deepest problems, we must do more than to reprogram our subconscious mind or to learn the latest relaxation techniques.
SEE THE INVISIBLE The answers that bring a permanent solution are spiritual in nature and are derived from the principles that belong to the divine faith. But before we can live the faith in God, we need to know that God exists and that he has a personal interest in us. We must see him as our father. The first step to reach the inner peace we desire is to note that God is in all walks of life to bother us and that he has a plan for our lives - now and in the future.
But how can we know that God exists only? dignity life of the Apostle Paul today, he would answer the question, just like in one of his letters over 1900 years ago: "For the invisible things, even his eternal power and Godhead, since the creation of the world seen from his works, if one by it, so that they are without excuse "(Romans 1:00, 20; always new King James). Paul says that we have no excuse for God's nature and eternal power not seen in nature.
From rugged mountains to rain forests, the earth fills us with awe. Her seemingly endless variety is amazing to see and explain with the wildest theories difficult. Whales communicate under water with sounds, but what they have learned this? Migratory birds fly thousands of miles and come back year after year without fail at the same place. How did they develop as precise navigation systems?
the apostle Paul writes: "The Living God. . . created the heaven and the earth, the sea and all that is in it. "The simple faith that God's existence can see from what we see in nature, can be seen, but disappeared in our world that is so bold achievements humanity boasts. And yet this child's trust of the starting point for a proper relationship with our father.
But even if we know that it exists - how can we be sure that he cares about us?
If creation can teach us something about his existence, so they can perhaps teach us something about his welfare.
FIRE TESTED IN In the shadow of the giant sequoias in California is a very special beauty. These magnificent trees exude a calmness and majesty that only nature is proper. They draw our attention not only because of their size, but also for their longevity. Some are in place for thousands of years and have witnessed all the turmoil of the last 2000 years.
The General Grant Tree for example, is 81 meters high and has a circumference at the base of 33 meters. Many years ago, the General Grant was damaged by fire, from which it was his tribe, an A-shaped scar, but the tree survived and is still growing today.
is not far from an even more startling example of growth, tested by fire. The lower half of this tree is almost completely burned from the inside, and yet he continued to prosper.
This lovingly created monuments to testify to the power of God that we can do even more to survive than if the "fire" haunts us: We can continue to grow.
This insight begins with the simple faith that our Father created us with the same love and care as the rest of his creation. We mean even more to him than anything else that he has created. Matthew 6 tells how Jesus explained this basic truth: "Therefore I say unto you, will not worry about your life, what you eat and drink, nor about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? . . . And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin. . . . If God the grass of the field so dress, which is here today and tomorrow is cast into the oven, will he not do much more for you, ye of little faith "(verse 25-30).
Paul also speaks of the care of our father for us. He writes that although God had "let in recent times, all nations go their own ways, and yet he has not himself without witness, has many good things done and you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, you have nourished your hearts with joy fulfilled "(Acts 14, 16-17). In other words, he gives us what we need.
These passages show a relationship between the Creator and his creation, which is both simple and profound. It is based on a kind of trust, of which we in our advanced High-tech world can no longer hear much. But this simple trust is the basis of a faith that gives us confidence that God will use his power to ensure our well-being.
God's intervention requires that we set our priorities right. "Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? What will we drink? What shall we wear? After all the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and it will be added to you. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. It is enough that each day his has its own evil "(Mt 6, 31-34).
As each day are enough things to which we must take care of us, our father will not think we are too concerned about our future needs. What we need today, he will give us when we pray in faith for it. Yet he expects us to plan for the future, we set goals and then entrust him these things in prayer.
NO DOUBT! Prayer is an important part of divine faith - a crucial step in the search for peace of mind. But our prayers are answered, we can only expect when we pray in faith.
The Apostle James writes: "But if someone of you lack wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously and scold anyone, so they will be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering, for he who doubts is like a sea that is driven by the wind and tossed. Such a man do not think he will receive anything from the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways "(James 1, 5-8).
Hebrews concludes this thought: Without faith it is impossible to be God pleasing, because everyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and those who seek him earnestly reward is (Hebrews 11, 6). Inner Peace by answered prayer depends on whether or not one believes wholeheartedly in God's ability and willingness to hear them.
Another key to inner peace is to learn what God expects of us, and then to act on that knowledge. This means to recognize God's revealed way of life - discover how to live he would do if he were a man. The life of Jesus Christ is the same on this earth, the illustration and the revelation of how our father would be human and how we should live. The source of this revelation, the Bible teaches us what we need to know to get in harmony with God's plan for us.
In the Hebrew Regulations (the so-called Old Testament), the prophet Micah, the answer to the direct question of what God wants. He writes: "It is you, O man, what is good and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to keep God's word and to love mercy and to walk humbly with thy God" (Micah 6, 8). These are direct instructions for those looking for a real relationship with God.
CAN I HELP? who demonstrate fairness, selflessness and humility towards other people, has access to God's blessings and protection, as Micah makes clear. And although examples are for such a high moral conduct rather rare, there are People who act selflessly to right a wrong with a good deed or other building.
few years ago, parts of Zimbabwe, the Republic of South Africa and Mozambique were flooded by heavy rains. But in the impoverished Mozambique, an estimated one million people were left homeless when the Limpopo River overflowed its banks.
South African rescue teams worked tirelessly, often risking their lives to save what could be saved. One of the most dramatic rescue missions that were known in this context was, Sofia and Rosita Pedro - a mother and her newborn daughter. The young woman had three days earlier with about a dozen people a Tree fled when the rising tide drove them from their homes. The rescue was about an hour after Rosie had come to this tree to the world, but only had a paramedic from the South African military from the base camp and got roped down from a helicopter onto the tree to cut the umbilical cord.
Other countries also supported the rescue efforts, and many - including Britain, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain and the United States - support the ongoing relief operations.
seen the light of the instructive words of Micah, this story has a number of remarkable aspects. The first is humility, capable by the people are borders to forget racial differences and perhaps personal and national prejudices, to assist others in need. The second is the compassion that man is capable, others will probably never be able to repay their kindness to them, to give something of themselves. The third is the esteem of another life, even at the risk of losing their own. Such an attitude is the beginning of knowledge, where our place in God's plan for His creation.
order to do right, to exercise mercy and to walk humbly with our Creator, we must be willing to give something of ourselves to others. In this frame of mind - in the we see others as equally important to us, or even more important - we are free from anger, malice and vindictiveness. And we begin to see yourself right.
How different would the world be like if the principles which Paul speaks in Philippians, Chapter 2, would be applied consistently - especially in areas where ethnic violence and bigotry could play a role: "Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility regard others better than yourself, and do not see any on his own, but also on what interests of others "(v. 3-4).
It is difficult to apply such principles in practice. But God will help us here, if we want his help and ask for it. It is possible to bring against our fellow men the love of God. It is possible to act in dealing with each other right. And it is also possible to be humble before God - not only respect for our fellow human beings have, but also his respect.
KNOW where we belong has three thousand years ago described King David of Israel, our position relative to our Creator: "When I see the heavens, your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained, what is man, that thou art mindful of him, and the son of man that You visit him? "(Psalm 8, 4-5).
without the help of powerful telescopes we use today, David looked at the night sky and was humbled by the glory that he saw. The growing opportunities today to see into the depths of the universe should actually lead to greater humility and help us to recognize our position in God's creation right. If we do, we will not make the same mistakes as Job - to take ourselves too seriously.
middle of a huge personal struggle full of despair and loss of Job speaks without real understanding about God. God answered him by asking, "Where were you when I founded the earth? Sage Miri, if you are so smart! Do you know who has it set the amount or who stretched the line upon it? What are its pillars are sunk, or who laid its cornerstone when the morning stars sang together, and all sons of God shouted for joy "(Job 38, 4-7). Job
do not know the answer, and confesses his insignificance before God: "I recognize that you can do everything and anything that made you look, you is too heavy. . . . That's why I've spoken unwisely, what beats me and I do not understand. . . . I had heard from you only by hearsay, but now mine eye seeth thee. Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes "(Job 42, 2-6).
Job had finally realized his position in the order of things. The fact that he recognizes his insignificance before God, gives him a framework for his life - and this may be the same insight to do it for us. Although humility is a way forward, despite their therapeutic benefit for us all, true humility is something we humans do not very often.
If we experience them but we come to inner peace of a kind that had the apostle Paul when he wrote: "... I've learned to be content to me, wieís me going. I may be low and may be high, I am anything and everything familiar both to be full and hungry, both have plenty and suffer from lack, I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me "(Phil 4, 11-13). His humility enabled Paul to express genuine trust in God's control over creation, including on human life, no matter under what circumstances.
A CHANGE OF HEART If we know that God exists, that we are important to him and what he expects from us, but still do not act accordingly, are not we find peace. Without a right relationship with him, the void remains in the human spirit, which is responsible for so much fear and worry. To a right relationship with God heard that we should bring our way of life of his own. If you do not, we live as the Bible says, in a state of sin. And our sins are a barrier between God and us
dar. Isaiah 59, verse 1-2 tells us: "Behold, the Lord's arm is not too short, that he could not help, and his ears have not become hard, so that he could not hear, but your divorce you from your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, that will not hear "Our sins -. to lead a life that is incompatible with God's teaching - make it turns away from us.
What is the answer to this dilemma? Is there a way back to God's favor? The answer is also in the Book of Isaiah, Chapter 1: "Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord. Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow, and though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool "(verse 18).
God calls us to analyze our lives in light of his law. This type of reflection should cause deep concern because we see ourselves and our actions then from his perspective. Godly sorrow is more than mere regret, and it should bring about a complete change with us so that we begin in harmony with its to live his teachings and instructions.
If we decide to change ourselves, may God give us something of themselves and act for us. The Bible calls this repentance process, and it is necessary if we are to receive the forgiveness that is through Jesus Christ become available. Repentance and forgiveness are at the beginning of the path to inner peace. The prophet Isaiah writes: "Who is strong heart, you keep the peace, because he trusts in You" (Is. 26, 3). Learning
PEACE, MORE THAN ANY REASON to trust God completely in all, one of the great lessons of life, and it may take a lifetime to accomplish it. The guidelines we follow are summarized in the Ten Commandments and were of Jesus Christ in the Sermon on the extended (Matthew 5, 6 and 7). This is an outline of a way to live a life path, not a religion. He is more than a week administered philosophical tranquilizer, but shows us how we do business, treat our spouse, raise our children as we are colleagues, treat superiors, subordinates, and neighbors. He shows us how to deal with everything with which life confronts us, including the inevitable trauma.
If we believe in God's deep concern for us and his willingness, his boundless use of power for us when he sees the will of our lives because of this belief to his own align, we can gain a peace that defies human explanation and exceeds all human understanding - because he is from God.
the apostle Paul writes about it: "Be anxious for nothing, but in everything let your requests be in prayer and supplication with thanksgiving be made known to God! And the peace of God which passes all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus "(Phil 4, 6-7).
This is your way to a calm mind, a mind free from oppressive worries.
DAVID HULME
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