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Today we are going to take a posture of peace by feeding on God's faithfulness.

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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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In Psalm chapter 37 verse 3, David writes,

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Trust in the Lord and do good. Dwell in the land and feed on his faithfulness.

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Something that I have started doing that has brought me immense peace and joy is I no longer

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wait on an outcome to celebrate God. I worship and celebrate his faithfulness in the here and

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now. And one way I do this is by remembering my history. Now it might not be what you think,

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you know, as humans we're very good at remembering our past. Past pains, hurts, disappointments,

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regrets, sins. Not just ours, but the past sins of others as well. And I'm not picking on you,

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I will be the first to confess I have wasted so much of my God-given breath remembering, replaying,

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reiterating past sins. Mine and others. I have spent so much time feeding on faithlessness

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instead of feeding on his faithfulness. And it produced fear, stress, anxiety,

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panic, bitterness, depression, and so much hopelessness. And it never produced change.

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The more I remembered, the more regret and rage was produced until I found myself in this cycle

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that kept me broken and bound. Remembering, feeding on past failures only keeps it present in our

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hearts and minds. And it guarantees future bondage and brokenness because we're taking it with us

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into each new day. But remembering God's faithfulness, feeding on his faithfulness,

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it sets our expectation for even more future breakthrough and promise. So we don't have to

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wait and see what the outcome will be to celebrate or to worship or praise or to live in peace and

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joy. No, we don't have to wait because we know that he is faithful, he has been faithful,

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he is faithful, and he will be faithful. We can always trust him. So often, we leverage past

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failure to predict our futures and dictate our present actions. We live in fear saying,

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well, it could happen again. So we remain somber and worried, awaiting, anticipating the worst.

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But what if, what if we used that energy instead to leverage past testimony of God's faithfulness

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to set our expectation for future promise? Saying, you know, he provided for me before,

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he will do it again. He healed that person before, he can do it for me. He was kind to me,

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even before I gave my life to him. Surely, surely, he will always be kind to me. So today,

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feed on his faithfulness, not your failures, not someone else's failures. Our faithful God

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is so worthy of our full attention and complete trust. This will set you free. Try it, I dare you,

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just try it today. Remember only his faithfulness today. And if you're struggling,

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if you're like, I don't think I can do this, no worries. You have a helper, the Holy Spirit.

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Ask the Holy Spirit to help bring to your remembrance what God has done for you, in you,

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and through you. If you're going to remember anything today, remember his faithfulness.

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If you're going to celebrate, celebrate his faithfulness. If you're going to anticipate or

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expect anything today, expect his faithfulness. The promise of perfect peace is found in Isaiah

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26, 3. In Hebrew, it is shalom, shalom, meaning complete wholeness, nothing missing,

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nothing broken. This is who you are in Jesus, because of Jesus. You are a living testimony

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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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