"For God is not the author of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints."
The devil loves to confuse and bewilder people, and fill their minds with all kinds of swirling notions, many of which contradict one another. This is not the way God works. Instead, He patiently leads, guides, and teaches His children, employing the "textbook" of the Holy Scriptures, and the spiritual shepherding of pastors and teachers, (cf. Eph. 4:11 ff.).
God's peace (mentioned above) does not exclude tribulation and trouble; but in His churches there is safety and sanity--even in the midst of the storms.
[Puritan quote of the day: "The love of God is like Himself--equal, constant, not capable of augmentation or diminution; our love is like ourselves--unequal, increasing, waning, growing, declining." --John Owen, in his "Works"]
