Isaiah 26:3

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“You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in You.”

Isaiah 26:3 · World English Bible

What it meant then

This verse sits inside a song of praise the prophet says Judah will sing once God's deliverance is complete (Isaiah 26:1). It isn't a promise of an easy life or an untroubled world; the very next verses still speak of waiting, of trouble, of a hostile world. The peace promised is peace of mind held steady in the middle of all that, not the removal of it.

“Steadfast” translates a Hebrew word repeated twice in the original for emphasis, something closer to “mind, mind stayed,” underlining how deliberate and repeated this fixing of attention has to be. Peace here isn't a feeling that arrives on its own; it's the result of where the mind keeps returning.

What Andrew Murray wrote

Murray wrote of the peace that comes from resting wholly on Christ: “The blessed peace and rest that come from the knowledge — I have no care, my cares are His!”

“If you will let the deep rest of God come over you, the rest in Christ Jesus, the peace and rest and holiness of Heaven, that restfulness will bring a blessing to the heart.”

“The life of the branch is not only a life of entire dependence, but of deep restfulness.”

Andrew Murray, “Ye Are the Branches”