Today we are going to take a posture of peace by feeding on God's faithfulness.
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.
In Psalm chapter 37 verse 3, David writes,
Trust in the Lord and do good. Dwell in the land and feed on his faithfulness.
Something that I have started doing that has brought me immense peace and joy is I no longer
wait on an outcome to celebrate God. I worship and celebrate his faithfulness in the here and
now. And one way I do this is by remembering my history. Now it might not be what you think,
you know, as humans we're very good at remembering our past. Past pains, hurts, disappointments,
regrets, sins. Not just ours, but the past sins of others as well. And I'm not picking on you,
I will be the first to confess I have wasted so much of my God-given breath remembering, replaying,
reiterating past sins. Mine and others. I have spent so much time feeding on faithlessness
instead of feeding on his faithfulness. And it produced fear, stress, anxiety,
panic, bitterness, depression, and so much hopelessness. And it never produced change.
The more I remembered, the more regret and rage was produced until I found myself in this cycle
that kept me broken and bound. Remembering, feeding on past failures only keeps it present in our
hearts and minds. And it guarantees future bondage and brokenness because we're taking it with us
into each new day. But remembering God's faithfulness, feeding on his faithfulness,
it sets our expectation for even more future breakthrough and promise. So we don't have to
wait and see what the outcome will be to celebrate or to worship or praise or to live in peace and
joy. No, we don't have to wait because we know that he is faithful, he has been faithful,
he is faithful, and he will be faithful. We can always trust him. So often, we leverage past
failure to predict our futures and dictate our present actions. We live in fear saying,
well, it could happen again. So we remain somber and worried, awaiting, anticipating the worst.
But what if, what if we used that energy instead to leverage past testimony of God's faithfulness
to set our expectation for future promise? Saying, you know, he provided for me before,
he will do it again. He healed that person before, he can do it for me. He was kind to me,
even before I gave my life to him. Surely, surely, he will always be kind to me. So today,
feed on his faithfulness, not your failures, not someone else's failures. Our faithful God
is so worthy of our full attention and complete trust. This will set you free. Try it, I dare you,
just try it today. Remember only his faithfulness today. And if you're struggling,
if you're like, I don't think I can do this, no worries. You have a helper, the Holy Spirit.
Ask the Holy Spirit to help bring to your remembrance what God has done for you, in you,
and through you. If you're going to remember anything today, remember his faithfulness.
If you're going to celebrate, celebrate his faithfulness. If you're going to anticipate or
expect anything today, expect his faithfulness. 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.
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