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Welcome to episode 25.

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Today, we're gonna take on a posture of peace

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by rising up and partnering with promise.

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Hi, I'm Lindsay Van Zale.

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Posture is a podcast that serves a short, audible fist bump

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to remind you that God is in everything.

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Together, we're gonna be emboldened

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to take a daily posture of perfect peace.

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Before we dive into the episode,

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if you are feeling especially fragile or vulnerable

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with all that's going on in the world right now,

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I just wanna encourage you,

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there is no condemnation for those

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who are in Christ Jesus, okay?

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Do not let your fear put you to shame.

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You are victorious.

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That is who you are.

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You are well able.

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That is who you are because of who Jesus Christ is in you.

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But there are days, there are moments

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when we feel especially vulnerable,

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and those are the perfect times to tuck into the Lord

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and allow him to minister his grace, his peace,

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his gentleness, and his affection towards you.

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The Bible says that he is our comforter

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and he is our counselor.

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And today, if you're feeling fragile,

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it's the perfect time to allow him

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to be your comfort and your counselor.

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So if that's you, today's episode is not for you today.

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Save it for another day, okay?

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I would encourage you to watch or listen to episode 24,

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and then again, like I said, get alone with the Lord

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and allow him to minister his peace to you.

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Okay, I'm gonna give you a chance to turn it off.

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All right, if you're still watching or listening

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and you've got a bit of fight in you,

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even if it's just a smidge,

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if there's something stirring in you

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with all that's going on in the world right now,

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even if it's unexplainable,

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but there's something in you that feels like it's rising up,

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I wanna speak to you today warrior to warrior, okay?

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And just so you know, not apologizing for it,

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you're gonna see warrior Lindsay today, okay?

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So I might come across a bit passionate, a bit forceful.

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I want you to know I'm not confronting you.

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I'm not angry with you.

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I'm confronting our enemy because I'm angry at him, okay?

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So we're gonna jump in.

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Numbers chapter 13.

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I'm gonna be reading verses 30 through 33.

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So it says in verse 30,

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but Caleb quieted the people before Moses.

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And he said, let us go up at once and occupy it.

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Meaning the promised land that God had given

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to the nation of Israel.

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For we are well able to overcome it.

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Then the men who had gone up with him said,

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we are not able to go against these people

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for they are stronger than us.

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So they brought to the people of Israel

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a bad report of the land that they had spied out

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saying the land is a land that devours its inhabitants.

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And all the people we saw in it were of great height.

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They were giants.

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And we seem to ourselves like grasshoppers.

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And so we seemed to them.

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I would encourage you read all of numbers 13 today

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to get familiar with the story.

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Really quick summary.

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The Lord had promised the nation of Israel

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a land that was magnificent.

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They arrived after a long journey

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and they sent 12 spies to go scout it out

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to see what it was going to take

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for them to inhabit the land

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and take full possession of what God had promised them.

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Two spies, Caleb and Joshua,

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came back with a report, a good one,

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saying we are well able.

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And the other 10 spies came back with a bad report.

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And here is what extremely,

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it was extremely sobering about the story.

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10 spies, one bad report,

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talked an entire generation out

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of what God had promised them.

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Meanwhile, I would want you to note

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that Caleb and Joshua never denied

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the details of the bad report.

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They never got up and said, there's no giants,

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or they're not as tall as you said they were,

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or the cities aren't fortified like you said they were.

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No, they all went to the same land.

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Okay, they all saw the same thing.

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However, Caleb and Joshua saw the land

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through the eyes of promise

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while the other 10 could only focus on the problems.

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And it made a huge difference.

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Why am I bringing this up?

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Every time I go to the Lord in prayer

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about what's happening right now

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in our world with this virus,

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this story comes to mind.

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Because what I believe is happening right now

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is we, the people of God,

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are going to be held responsible

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for what we report during this time.

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What eyes are we going to see with?

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Are we going to set our gaze

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on the never-changing, most certain God,

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or are we going to set our eyes only

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on the ever-changing, uncertain circumstances of our time?

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Here's why I feel like we're gonna be held responsible.

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I feel like the Lord right now is roaming the earth

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looking for who he can entrust with platform and influence

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to advance his kingdom here on earth.

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And I believe this is a testing ground, okay?

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So the question for us today, again, warrior to warrior,

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is what are we going to report?

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What are we going to post?

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What are we going to think?

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What are we going to say?

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How are we going to act?

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Will we partner with promise today

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or will we empower the problems?

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You and I, as people of God, have been given a mandate

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to lead our generation in possessing every single promise

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the Lord has given us,

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no matter what the giants are in the land.

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And there are giants.

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There is no denying that.

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But here's what I do not like about this viral fear.

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In addition to the torment that it is giving people

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right now, I do not like what it implies about my Jesus.

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Because my Jesus is a warrior

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and he has never lost a battle that he has faced.

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And he has gifted us that victory

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so we can walk every single day

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putting his victory on display

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and putting Satan's defeat on replay.

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Are you going to see yourself as a grasshopper

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in this land, small and insignificant?

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Or are you going to see yourself rightly

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as a son or daughter of the Most High King

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who has been given the mind of Christ,

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access to the unlimited wisdom of God,

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and the very spirit that has resurrected Jesus

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from the dead lives in you.

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The question is, what will you report?

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You are well able and I am well able

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to demolish anything, virus, anxiety, fear,

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that comes up against the knowledge of God.

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And we are well able to possess every single promise.

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So today is not the time to regurgitate and retweet fear.

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Today is the time to proclaim the good news of the gospel,

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to broadcast the promises of the kingdom,

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and to give a people who are hungry for hope

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and desperate for salvation,

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the good news of a great king and a perfect loving father.

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We are well able.

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This is possible.

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The promise of perfect peace is found in Isaiah 26 three.

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And in Hebrew, it is shalom, shalom,

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meaning complete wholeness, nothing missing, nothing broken.

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This is who you are in Jesus.

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Let's declare this together.

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Today, I am kept in perfect peace.

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With my whole heart, I trust the Lord.

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I am strong, I am victorious, I am whole.

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Remember friend, you are a living testimony

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of Jesus's ultimate win.

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Not because of anything you did,

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but because of what he did for you.

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With every step you take today,

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you're putting Jesus's victory on display

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and Satan's defeat on replay.