Today, we're going to take a posture of peace by being delighted.
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 what does delight have to do with the secret place? Great question.
Yesterday, we talked about how we dwell, how we remain in the secret place.
We do this by becoming aware of who God is and His presence in our lives.
Ultimately, we stay in the secret place through a lifestyle of total delight,
wonder, and astonishment in Him.
Delight is the place where we have the best fellowship with God.
When you are overwhelmed by who God is, totally astonished, totally amazed, awestruck by God,
you cannot be overwhelmed by anything else.
Jeremiah demonstrates this sense of astonishment and the revelation that
comes from it in Jeremiah 32, verse 17. Just listen to the astonishment.
Ah, Lord God, it is you who made the heavens and the earth.
By your great power and by your outstretched arm,
listen to the revelation.
Nothing is too hard for you.
In delight, we are at rest in the truth.
We are at rest in the goodness of God.
We are living a lifestyle of being given over to rejoicing and thanksgiving.
Delight and the worship that it provokes is absolutely essential for a victorious life.
Worship is your victory pose.
The enemy wants you to cower, but the inner you in Christ is always standing firm.
God lives in victory and we live in God.
Delight and worship remind us that we are never without power and we are never without victory.
Think about this.
The inner life cannot be defeated by the external world.
The secret place that because of Jesus is now within you cannot be accessed by your enemy Satan.
This is such good news.
Think about what this means for your life.
Think about what this means for the world that we live in today.
Now, I know Satan's most popular argument against this truth,
so let me just get it out there and say this.
Delight is not being in denial of negativity.
Delight is denying negativity from keeping you captive.
You don't belong in a jail cell of anxiety, depression, rage, addiction, sickness, fear,
torment.
You belong in the secret place.
So today, remember who he is for you and let your delight in him bubble up inside of you
and allow your sense of wonder to overflow into your life situation so that any negative
is overshadowed and ultimately overcome by your astonishment.
And if you need some inspiration, read Psalm 145 today and practice being in delight.
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.