Today we are going to take a posture of peace by becoming fully aware of our real lives in Christ.
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.
Okay so I'm really excited today because I'm going to be starting this episode by
reading a chunk of scripture and of like always it's just pure treasure so I would just encourage
you if you're able sit back relax close your eyes if you're able don't please close your
eyes if you're driving and listening to this but just relax and soak in this treasure of
scripture as I read Romans chapter 6 1 through 11 over you. What shall we say then? Are we to
continue in sin that grace may abound? By no means. How can we who died to sin still live in it?
Do you not know or are you not aware of the fact the truth that all of us who have been
baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him
by baptism into death in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the
father we too might walk in newness of life. For if we have been united with him in death
in a death like his we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his.
We know we are aware of this that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body
of sin might be brought to nothing so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin for one who
has died has been set free from sin. Now if we have died with Christ we believe we will also
live with him. We know we are aware that Christ being raised from the dead will never die again.
Death no longer has dominion over him for the death he died he died to sin once for all
but the life he lives he lives to God. So you yes you must also consider yourselves
dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. I told you it was treasure. I could leave it
right there I should just end the episode right now. We've been talking this week about awareness
tuning in to that real life that we have in Christ and according to scripture there is a you
who died your old self your sinful nature was crucified with Christ and there is a you who is
now alive to God in Christ. You are a new creation who has been raised with Christ.
This is who you are. So the question that I would love for you to consider today is are you aware
of who you are or are you only aware of who you used to be? Because dead is dead and God's
intention for you is to turn your back and forget that old dead you and walk only in newness of life
the newness of life that Romans 6 4 talks about. So when a thought comes today ask which self is
talking? Does this thought sound like it came from my new self the new creation I am in Christ
my real life the alive me or is this thought from my old dead self? If it's from the new you the new
creation you are in Christ it will resonate with hope and goodness and joy and peace and a
confidence in who God is for you. The old self always sounds negative and doubtful and fearful
and uncertain and full of shame. Not every thought you have today has equal value. Some thoughts you
might have today have no value at all the old you has nothing of value to say so don't give it any
mind space today. Because new is well new you know we can be tempted to continue to go back and forth
to that old self those old past
patterns and those old mindsets, not because they have value, but just because they are
familiar.
It's just what we know.
It's just what we've been aware of.
But this back and forth, this going between old self-thoughts and new self-thoughts, that
makes us double-minded, which James tells us makes us unstable in all of our ways because
it keeps us at war within ourselves.
So if you're struggling with that, no problem.
It's just time to form some new habits and embrace your new normal.
And you do that not by trying to kill what is already dead, because it's dead.
It can't be more dead than it already is.
You form those new habits by becoming fully aware of Christ in you.
So moving forward in your day-to-day and in the coming days ahead, be focused only
on exploring the new, true, real you in Jesus.
Give your life in Christ your full awareness.
Do not try to resurrect what Jesus buried just so you can try to die to self.
Because if you could die to self by yourself, by your own efforts, Jesus would not have
had to come.
But he had to come.
Because it was only Jesus who could kill your old, dead self once for all.
The old you is dead, so don't give it another thought.
Those familiar ways of thinking and seeing and speaking, they will all be replaced, not
as you dwell on them, but as you keep moving forward in the newness of life by remaining
fully aware of the life of Christ in you.
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' ultimate win.
With every step you take today, you're putting Jesus' victory on display and Satan's defeat
on replay.