Today, we are going to take a posture of peace by trusting God's undivided heart towards us.
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.
I have really good news for you today coming from Hebrews chapter 13,
verse 8. It says, Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
So many people are at war within themselves right now. They are living with divided hearts because
they believe deep down that God's heart is divided towards them. They believe that His
goodness, His kindness, His faithfulness, all the things that He promises to be are
conditional. They believe that His promises are conditional on their nature, not His.
They don't trust that His character is unchanging. They don't trust that His promises
are unwavering. They don't trust that His blessings, His callings, His gifts are irrevocable.
They actually believe that He's only good as long as they are good. That He's only faithful
if they remain faithful. And so they put their trust in other things.
They put their trust in political leaders and in systems and finances.
They put their trust in their own ability to somehow protect themselves.
But you have to know, you have to know that on your best days and on your worst days,
God never changes His mind about you. He's not bipolar. He's not burning with love for you one
day and then burning with anger towards you the next. No, He is the same yesterday, today, and
and forever. God is permanently passionate about you and and He's permanently passionate
about the person to your right and to your left. The religious spirit so wants us to believe that
it is up to us to change ourselves and to change each other so that our collective good behavior
can protect us from the anger of God and perhaps, you know, unlock His goodness towards us.
The religious spirit actually wants us to believe that God will only be loving if we first make
ourselves lovable. But if we could do that, if we could truly change ourselves and please God
by our own self-efforts, then Jesus would not have had to come. And He had to come.
Read Ephesians chapter 2. The political spirit wants us to believe that it's up to us to love
ourselves and each other so that our collective love can govern us into some kind of utopian
society where we won't even need God. But if we could do that, if we could truly love ourselves,
if we could authentically love others, Jesus would not have had to come. And He had to come.
The Bible says we love because He first loved us. We can't even love without Him. The Bible says
God is love. So any love preached or teached to you outside of Jesus is counterfeit.
It's imperative for us Jesus followers not just to believe that there is a God, but to believe
God, to trust that He is who He says He is. It's critical for us to have an unchanging sense of
God's unchanging nature because we are being made into His image and likeness. God has offered us
His unchanging self so that we too can become unchanging in our own nature and character
no matter what is occurring. We don't have to be tossed around and beat up by false doctrine or
political systems or worldly thinking. When we see God accurately, we finally see ourselves
accurately and then we live accordingly. Our prayers become faith-filled and powerful.
Our love is authentic. Our engagement in society and culture brings heaven to earth. We live not
as beggars for His blessing but as co-heirs with Christ. So no matter what you face today,
no matter what your week may hold for you, for your community, for your nation, remember
Jesus Christ, your Messiah, your Savior, your Redeemer,
the same yesterday and today and forever. He loves you and his heart towards you
is always undivided. The promise of perfect peace is found in
Isaiah 26 3. In Hebrew it is shalom shalom, meaning complete wholeness, nothing
missing, nothing broken. This is who you are in Jesus because of Jesus. You are a
living testimony of Jesus's ultimate win. With every step you take today you're
putting Jesus's victory on display and Satan's defeat on replay.