#4 DRAW CLOSE TO GOD _ _ _ _ _ _ _ You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You. (Isa.26:3).------------------------------------------------ A lack of internal peace characterizes the depressed person. One way for him to gain this peace is to "stay" his mind on God. Anxiety is really a lack of faith. It is a fear of the unknown. It is frequently a fear of finding out the truth about our unconcious motives, desires, and temptations. If we really trust and depend on God, He will relieve our fears of the unknown; if we draw close to Him, we can depend on Him to love us in spite of our faults and to help us gradually overcome them. We will thus become more and more like His Son, Jesus Christ. We will be participating in His sanctification of us, and our minds will be kept, by Him, "in perfect peace."
