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Today, we're going to take a posture of peace

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by not treating hustle and hurry

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like they are fruit of the spirit.

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Posture is a short, audible fist bump

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to remind you God is with you in everything.

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Together, we're going to be emboldened

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to take a daily posture of perfect peace.

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In Psalm chapter 37, verses seven through nine,

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it says, be still before the Lord

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and wait patiently for him.

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Fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way,

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over the man who carries out evil devices.

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Refrain from anger and forsake wrath.

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Fret not yourself, it tends only to evil.

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For the evildoers shall be cut off,

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but those who wait for the Lord shall inherit the land.

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Patience never sees delay as a problem.

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Patience always sees delay as a preparation

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to fully inherit the promises of God.

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And I think two of Satan's most popular devices

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to try to disorient and distract us

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from the purposes of God these days is hustle and hurry.

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Yes, hustle and hurry.

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Even now, even in the midst of the world,

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slowing down, shutting down,

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we find ourselves frantic and hurried

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to just get through it.

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And in this mode, many people disengage with God

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because they are hustling through their day,

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their circumstances,

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and they are hurrying through their lives.

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Too busy to pray, too impatient to worship or meditate,

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too pressured to enjoy friendship with God,

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too rushed to allow the Holy Spirit to prepare them

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to fully inherit the promises of God.

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And I have been challenged recently.

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I've been challenged studying Jesus

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and realizing Jesus was busy.

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I think we all can agree Jesus got things done

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while he was here on earth, meaningful, lasting things,

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but Jesus never hustled.

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He was never hurried by people or problems or things.

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Jesus's pace was always this.

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I only do what I see my father doing.

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I only say what my father is saying.

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And you know, at that pace,

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he noticed the tax collector hanging out in the tree.

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He stopped to talk to the woman at the well.

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He didn't give in to the pressures

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and the demands from the Pharisees

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for an immediate response to the sins

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of the adulterous woman they were wanting to kill

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right then and there.

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And you know, those interactions,

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we still talk about today.

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And while Jesus was so fully engaged with people,

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Jesus also took time away from the praise,

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from the need, from the demands of the crowds

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to be with his father.

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And so Jesus's pace, it sometimes disappointed people.

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Oftentimes it confused people,

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but he never changed his pace.

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I think it's safe to say that no one knew the urgency

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of the world's need better than Jesus.

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It wasn't that he was unaware or didn't care

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about people's situations or the state of the world.

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He just never let the need for speed

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overtake his sensitivity to the spirit.

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And at that pace, he brought solutions and answers

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and healing and wholeness,

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and he flipped political and religious systems upside down,

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and he changed societal norms.

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And he, you know, even raised the dead.

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Hustle and hurry are not a fruit of the spirit.

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They are not a value in the kingdom.

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It takes patience to build the important lasting things.

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And like we talked about yesterday,

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it takes patience to recognize the upgrade

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being made available to us in trials and troubled times.

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And it's patience, not hustle,

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that empowers us to respond accordingly.

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Patience is not passivity.

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Patience is patience.

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It aligns us with the pace of heaven.

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So here's a great question to ask God today.

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When you're feeling hurried,

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when you want to hold on to something,

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Hustle when you're feeling pressured to make it happen

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when you want to hold on to something,

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when you want to hold on to something,

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Ask God father

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What are you doing? What are you saying and let his answer to that?

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Set your pace

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The promise of perfect peace is found in Isaiah 26 3 in Hebrew. It is Shalom Shalom

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Meaning complete wholeness

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Nothing missing nothing broken. This is who you are in Jesus because of Jesus

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You are a living testimony of Jesus's ultimate win with every step you take today

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You're putting Jesus's victory on display and Satan's defeat on replay

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You