“You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in You, all whose thoughts are fixed on You.” — Isaiah 26:3 The Holy Spirit has been pressing this verse into my heart — fixed on You. Those words have weight. They stop me and make me ask, What have I been fixed on lately? There’s always something tugging at my focus — my store, the needs of my home, the Foundation we built to honor my daughter Reese and glorify God. They’re blessings, each one of them, but sometimes even blessings can start to take up more space in my thoughts than God Himself. The Holy Spirit will whisper, not in harshness but in love: “Be careful what you fix your thoughts on… because whatever holds your thoughts will soon hold your heart.” That’s where idolatry begins — not in defiance, but in distraction. When something other than God starts ruling our peace, it’s a quiet signal that our focus has shifted. And sometimes, He’ll nudge us to let go. If you ever sense the Holy Spirit saying, “Stop… loosen your grip… you’re spending too much time here, too much energy, too much emotion,” and you feel yourself resisting — holding on tighter — that’s the indicator. That’s the moment He’s showing you that something has crept into first place. But here’s the grace in it: when God shows you yourself, it’s never to shame you — it’s to save you. The enemy reveals your flaws to condemn you; the Holy Spirit reveals them to redeem you. He reaches out His hand, saying, “You’ve held this long enough. Come back to Me.” Isaiah 26:3 doesn’t say God will keep in perfect peace those who plan perfectly or manage everything well. It says He keeps in perfect peace those whose minds are fixed on Him — those who trust in Him. And that’s the reminder I need: peace doesn’t live in my performance. It lives in my posture. Because all provision comes from God — and not just the big miracles, but the quiet daily ones too. So what good does all the endless thinking, the planning, the worrying really do anyway? It doesn’t create peace; it crowds it out.