WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.320 Today we are going to take a posture of peace by resting in God's resilience. 2 00:00:07.680 --> 00:00:12.400 Posture is a short audible fist bump to remind you God is with you in everything. 3 00:00:12.960 --> 00:00:17.200 Together we're going to be emboldened to take a daily posture of perfect peace. 4 00:00:21.520 --> 00:00:28.480 Lamentations chapter 3 verses 22 through 24. Now I know that we have been in this scripture 5 00:00:28.480 --> 00:00:35.280 many times before as a posture community. I love the promises that we find here. And today I'm 6 00:00:35.280 --> 00:00:40.800 going to be reading from the New Living Translation. It says, The faithful love of the 7 00:00:40.800 --> 00:00:52.000 Lord never ends. His mercies never cease. Great is his faithfulness. His mercies begin afresh 8 00:00:52.080 --> 00:01:01.520 each morning. I say to myself, the Lord is my inheritance. Therefore, I will hope in him. 9 00:01:02.560 --> 00:01:10.000 Today is a fresh day. You don't have to hold on to any of the negatives from yesterday, 10 00:01:10.640 --> 00:01:19.600 and you don't have to hoard any past blessings. God's mercies are new each morning. His faithful 11 00:01:19.600 --> 00:01:30.080 love never ends. He is resilient in this. Our God is more resilient than any attack of the enemy 12 00:01:30.080 --> 00:01:38.560 against us. Our God will outlast any pain, any hard circumstance, any injustice. He holds the 13 00:01:38.560 --> 00:01:48.160 victory firmly. He holds us firmly and nothing, nothing will loosen his grip on us. Another 14 00:01:48.160 --> 00:01:56.160 translation of Lamentations 3, the NIV translation, says this. It says, Because of the Lord's great 15 00:01:56.160 --> 00:02:06.800 love, we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. You do not have to fear destruction 16 00:02:06.800 --> 00:02:15.600 today because you will not be consumed. That is a promise. Today is a fresh day. You don't have to 17 00:02:15.600 --> 00:02:21.440 hold on to the negatives from yesterday, bringing them into your today or your future, and you don't 18 00:02:21.440 --> 00:02:28.800 have to try to hoard any of the past blessings. I want to encourage you to rid yourself of any 19 00:02:28.800 --> 00:02:36.160 thought or feeling that promotes this scarcity mindset. You know, rid yourself of any thought 20 00:02:36.160 --> 00:02:42.480 that is trying to convince you that your best days are behind you or that the current goodness 21 00:02:42.480 --> 00:02:47.920 you may be experiencing in your life right now just cannot last, or perhaps the current struggle 22 00:02:47.920 --> 00:02:56.480 that you're facing is just how it's always going to be. No, it's a lie. Do not believe it. Why? 23 00:02:57.200 --> 00:03:05.200 Because it's not the truth. Think about this instead. The creator of the universe, the one who 24 00:03:05.200 --> 00:03:12.560 was and is and will always be, the one who is not bound by time or space, who cannot be held back, 25 00:03:12.560 --> 00:03:23.440 the Most High God, has made himself your loving father. He calls you his own, and he didn't have 26 00:03:23.440 --> 00:03:31.440 to do this. No one made him. Nothing you did made him be your loving father. He was not obligated, 27 00:03:31.440 --> 00:03:39.280 he was not manipulated, he was not tricked. He chose you because he loves you. Because he loves 28 00:03:39.280 --> 00:03:48.800 you. Because he loves you. He held nothing back. He gave you himself. And not just a little bit of 29 00:03:48.800 --> 00:03:57.440 himself, but all of who he is is now yours. The amplified translation of this chapter of 30 00:03:57.440 --> 00:04:04.800 the scripture that we read says great and beyond measure is your faithfulness. Colossians chapter 31 00:04:04.800 --> 00:04:12.880 two verses nine and ten seals the truth about measure, about amount. It says for in Christ 32 00:04:12.880 --> 00:04:20.320 all the fullness of the Godhead lives in bodily form, and in Christ you have been brought to 33 00:04:20.320 --> 00:04:30.400 fullness. He is the head over every power and authority. So think about this. You are full of 34 00:04:30.400 --> 00:04:40.400 the one that no one and nothing can top. I give you permission today because of the truth, because 35 00:04:40.400 --> 00:04:49.040 of what God's word says about you, to rid yourself of any thought that tries to convince you of being 36 00:04:49.040 --> 00:04:56.480 scarce, of having a poverty mindset, of living in unbelief and doubt. The bible says in first 37 00:04:56.480 --> 00:04:59.760 corinthians 2 16 you have been given the 38 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:06.560 mind of Christ. You have been given the mind of Christ. So you can think with the 39 00:05:06.560 --> 00:05:11.480 same abundant mindset Jesus has. You can see the world through the lens in which 40 00:05:11.480 --> 00:05:16.680 Jesus sees the world. There is only one way to think about your life, your story, 41 00:05:16.680 --> 00:05:22.160 and the circumstances you face, and that is the way Jesus thinks about them. And 42 00:05:22.160 --> 00:05:28.040 his thoughts are victorious. Today I want to declare the 43 00:05:28.040 --> 00:05:33.920 victorious truth over you. You are the head and not the tail. You are above and 44 00:05:33.920 --> 00:05:40.720 not beneath. You are vulnerable only to the goodness of God. Christ's fullness is 45 00:05:40.720 --> 00:05:46.600 your starting point. Abundant life is your inheritance. Great is your peace 46 00:05:46.600 --> 00:05:52.800 because you are taught by the Lord. You will overcome because you are more than 47 00:05:52.800 --> 00:05:58.240 a conqueror through Christ who loves you, and he gave himself up for you so 48 00:05:58.240 --> 00:06:05.760 that you can share in his victory. Today is a fresh day and you are full of a 49 00:06:05.760 --> 00:06:15.160 resilient God. He is resilient and therefore so are you. So today let's rest 50 00:06:15.160 --> 00:06:19.520 in God's resilience.