Today we are going to take a posture of peace by following the voice of love.
Posture is a short audible fist bump to remind you God is with you in everything.
Together we're going to be emboldened to take a daily posture of perfect peace.
Listen to this powerful truth that Jesus shares in John chapter 10 verses 27 through 30.
He says,
Now I've spoken in past episodes about how I believe the root cause for so much of the anxiety
and panic and stress and fear that we experience is really an accusation. An accusation is at the
root of it all and the accusation simply put is this, I am not completely loved by God. Now that
accusation can take on different forms. Sometimes it looks like an accusation we receive from
another. Sometimes it's an accusation that we hold against another or one that we are holding
against ourselves. And then sometimes that accusation is very bluntly an accusation we
hold against God. But no matter how it manifests, it's a denial of the truth. And it's a denial
that we choose to carry with us by believing we're all alone in this life. By believing that
there is separation or the possibility of separation between us and our Heavenly Father.
But Jesus says,
He confirms there's no separation. Romans 8 also confirms this truth.
You know, when we, when you listen to or follow another voice, you know,
it can be the voice of your hard circumstances or the voice of your past or the voice of your
negative emotions or even the voice of, you know, unloving actions from another.
When you follow those types of voices, you open yourself up to walking in lies instead of walking
in the truth. It doesn't make the truth any less true. You're still loved. You're still accepted.
You're still not separated from the love of the Father, but you're unaware of it. And people who
are unaware that they are completely loved do ridiculous things like trying to earn something
they already have. The love of God cannot be earned, only received. And your enemy, your real
enemy, not your next door neighbor, but your real enemy, Satan, he cannot change this truth. So he
tries to change your mind instead. The Bible says that he is the father of all lies and he is the
accuser of God's people. That's all he's got, lies and accusations. That's what his voice sounds like.
He wants you to believe you're separated from your father. You're separated from the truth.
You're distant. You're all on your own. You're not completely accepted. You're not completely loved.
There's more to do. There's more to add to the finished work of Jesus. This is what your enemy
wants you to believe. So my question for you is simple today. Whose voice will you listen to?
Whose voice will you follow? The voice of love or the voice of the liar? Now just a word of
encouragement on this from my own experience. When you are not convinced you are completely loved,
even answering this kind of question can be done in dread instead of delight. So I want to invite
you to delight in the truth today. Delight in putting it into practice. Delight in receiving
the love of God. Delight in believing that you are completely loved. Don't let fear guide you in
this practice. Oh my gosh, I'm going to get it wrong or I've got it wrong this whole time or
I've wasted so much time. No, that's fear talking. Let love guide you. Remember God is love. So if
you want to know what his voice sounds like, look to his word. I would encourage you to read 1
Corinthians 13 today. He is patient, he is kind, and his faithfulness is covering you.
today.