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Today we're going to take a posture of peace by bringing the wholeness of heaven to a broken world.

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Hi, I'm Lindsay Van Zale. Posture is a podcast that serves as a short audible fist bump to remind

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you that God is in everything. Together we're going to be emboldened to take a daily posture

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of perfect peace. Psalm 23 verse 1 says, the Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.

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I realized recently that this is probably one of the most recited scriptures of all time,

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and yet perhaps the one we believe the least. I'm not sure I've ever gone through an entire day

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where I truly believed that I lacked nothing. I mean, most days I feel like I have something,

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but have I ever really believed that I've lacked nothing? There always seems to be something

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lacking. Sometimes it's I don't have the right resources, or some days I don't feel like I have

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the answers. I don't have the right strategy, I don't have the creativity. Some days I don't feel

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like I have the support I need, or the energy, or the emotional stability, or the mental stamina.

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Some days I believe I don't have the education, I don't have the connections,

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I don't have the skills, I don't have the time, I don't have the words, I don't have

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the influence, I don't have the following, the calling, the clarity, the peace. All this week

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I've had the strong sense to tell you that you are a restorer. You are empowered and equipped to bring

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the wholeness of heaven to a broken world, and you have everything you need to do it.

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If you want to know who you are and what you have, look to Jesus. Jesus was never concerned

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about not having what he needed. He never seemed worried about not having the power to do something.

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He was never concerned with a lack of resources. I mean, think about the loaves and the fishes.

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He never worried himself with people's opinion or their lack of support. He was never intimidated

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by the unexpected. I mean, he calmed the storm. He walked through a mob of people who were wanting

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to throw him off a cliff, and before he was arrested to be crucified, he actually healed

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the ear of a soldier who was arresting him. He never came across a situation too broken

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or too hopeless. I mean, not even death. He raised the dead, and then he was raised from the dead.

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And John 4.17 says,

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And it's not a metaphor. It's an identity statement. Not an identity that you can even

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earn, but one you have been given to receive. Romans 8.11 says,

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This is who you are. It might not be how you feel at the moment. It might not be what you

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fully believe about yourself right now, but if you have put your faith in Jesus, it's who you

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are. When we come across the brokenness in this world, when we are broken by the things that

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happen in this world, our first thought can't be about what we don't have. It should be about

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who we have and who has us. And you know, Jesus wasn't a robot either. He wasn't unaffected

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by the pain and the loss and injustice of the world. Jesus wept. I'm sorry. The Bible said

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Jesus was moved with compassion. He was moved to do something to bring abundant life to a world

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that lacked everything. Today is not a test to see how thinly you can spread yourself

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to solve all of the world's problems. Today is an invitation. It's an invitation

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to exchange all you think you lack for everything he is. And from his fullness,

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you can bring his transforming power to whatever you may face today.

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The promise of perfect peace is found in Isaiah 26.3. And in Hebrew, it is shalom, shalom,

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meaning complete wholeness, nothing missing, nothing broken. This is who you are in Jesus.

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Let's declare this together. Today, I am kept in perfect peace. With my whole heart,

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I trust the Lord. I am strong. I am victorious. I am whole.

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Remember, friend, you are a living testimony of Jesus' ultimate win.

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Not because of anything you did, but because of what he did for you.

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With every step you take today, you're putting Jesus' victory on display and Satan's defeat

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on replay.