Peace of God (Philippians 4:6-7)
"Peace of God (Phil 4:6-7)", Mixed Media on Canvas, 12"x16", 2013 ~SOLD~
This painting is inspired largely by Philippians 4:6-7, "Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus."
This has long been a favorite verse of mine and I love the imagery it evokes of Yeshua personally guarding our hearts and minds. And we certainly need the help, as Jeremiah 17:9 accurately points out, "The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked, who can know it?" But by placing our trust in Yeshua we can, through the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit, do our best to "be not conformed to this world; but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind” (Romans 12:2)
This verse contains what is, to me, one of the greatest promises of our Heavenly Father: a peace which transcends understanding. Who wouldn't want to experience a peace that is beyond our ability to comprehend? It is available to us when we honestly, and earnestly, trust God with everything in our life and seek his guidance on our every move. When we do this with genuine gratitude and sincerity, we are guaranteed a life free from worry and anxiety. And we lose the anxiety because we are giving it to God; we are asking him to take care of the situations that are beyond our control. This frees us up to in turn be bold with the Gospel and our efforts to share our faith. Granted, this is much easier said than done, but it offers an incentive that makes it worth continually attempting each and every day.
In my Joyflow series, green lines always symbolize Yeshua, and here it coils protectively around our hearts and mind, which are also being penetrated by the smaller magenta line which I use to depict the Holy Spirit. I also often find myself thinking very "biologically" when imagining these spiritual activities taking place inside the hearts and minds of believers. Circles are a reoccurring motif in many of my images, and I've begun to think about them as the zillions of cells designed by God that make up the incredible wonder that is our body (Psalm 139:14). The presence of DNA in each cell, an unimaginably complex language bearing molecule, bears the signature of God perhaps more than anything else in creation. In my mind, that makes every single cell precious. And so here I've depicted the large circles in the background with metallic gold paint and tissue paper. I printed a grid on top of the gold to suggest the ever increasing layers of smaller and smaller complexity we find as we further investigate these incredible structures.
This has long been a favorite verse of mine and I love the imagery it evokes of Yeshua personally guarding our hearts and minds. And we certainly need the help, as Jeremiah 17:9 accurately points out, "The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked, who can know it?" But by placing our trust in Yeshua we can, through the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit, do our best to "be not conformed to this world; but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind” (Romans 12:2)
This verse contains what is, to me, one of the greatest promises of our Heavenly Father: a peace which transcends understanding. Who wouldn't want to experience a peace that is beyond our ability to comprehend? It is available to us when we honestly, and earnestly, trust God with everything in our life and seek his guidance on our every move. When we do this with genuine gratitude and sincerity, we are guaranteed a life free from worry and anxiety. And we lose the anxiety because we are giving it to God; we are asking him to take care of the situations that are beyond our control. This frees us up to in turn be bold with the Gospel and our efforts to share our faith. Granted, this is much easier said than done, but it offers an incentive that makes it worth continually attempting each and every day.
In my Joyflow series, green lines always symbolize Yeshua, and here it coils protectively around our hearts and mind, which are also being penetrated by the smaller magenta line which I use to depict the Holy Spirit. I also often find myself thinking very "biologically" when imagining these spiritual activities taking place inside the hearts and minds of believers. Circles are a reoccurring motif in many of my images, and I've begun to think about them as the zillions of cells designed by God that make up the incredible wonder that is our body (Psalm 139:14). The presence of DNA in each cell, an unimaginably complex language bearing molecule, bears the signature of God perhaps more than anything else in creation. In my mind, that makes every single cell precious. And so here I've depicted the large circles in the background with metallic gold paint and tissue paper. I printed a grid on top of the gold to suggest the ever increasing layers of smaller and smaller complexity we find as we further investigate these incredible structures.
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