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Today we are going to take a posture of peace by walking in the truth and delighting in that.

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Posture is a short audible fist bump to remind you God is with you in everything.

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Together we're going to be emboldened to take a daily posture of perfect peace.

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3 John verse 4 says, I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.

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Now this was written by John to someone named Gaius. Gaius was most likely a church leader

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and these children that John is writing about are most likely the people that they are

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leading, mentoring, teaching. But what stood out to me is I believe John's delight about his

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children walking in the truth reflects the heart of God towards us. Father God delights in our

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walking in the truth, in our discovering and embracing our kingdom identities. And walking

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in the truth is a practice. It's a process. It's a lifestyle. It's continual. My point,

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it's not a destination. It's a walk. You know, I think about this delight, this great joy

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in the context of my own delight. Does my delight in this walk match my father's delight?

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Maybe you can relate, but, you know, I can be tempted to be discouraged

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because my focus often becomes all about getting through something, like whether it's a difficult

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circumstance or a learning process or a Bible reading plan. It's like, I just want to finish.

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I want to arrive. I want to be done and check it off my list and achieve something and master

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something. And when that process is delayed or just go slower than I want it to go,

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I can feel deflated. I can be tempted to be discouraged and disappointed.

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And I can start to feel stuck and believe the lie that I'm stuck instead of the truth that I'm

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actually moving forward. You know, maybe you're in a difficult situation right now and you're like,

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I just want to overcome this, which is a healthy desire. But overcoming doesn't start at the end

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of the situation. It starts now because your identity as an overcomer is rooted in your

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identity in Christ. His fullness is your starting point, not your finish line. You can walk in the

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truth as you walk through this hard situation every step of the way. The truth is not true

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once you've made it through something. The truth is true now. And the truth is you're an overcomer

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and today you're overcoming. Walk in that truth, live in it, and be delighted as you

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walk in the truth today.