Today we are going to take a posture of peace by resting in God's faithfulness, not our own.
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 1 Thessalonians chapter 5 verse 24 it says this about our God. It says he who calls you is
faithful. He will surely do it. Now as a posture community over the last couple of weeks we have
been focusing on the nature of God, exploring each aspect of his nature as revealed in the fruit of
the spirit that we find in Galatians 5. And I am so passionate about this because so much of my
Christian life had been this pursuit to know more about God instead of knowing God more. And for so
long it never occurred to me that while knowing about God is most definitely helpful, it's knowing
God through relationship that is absolutely transformative. Jesus said in John 10 14,
he said, I am the good shepherd. I know my sheep and my sheep know me. And that word know,
it speaks to relational intimacy, not head knowledge. And it's not even about this like
casual acquaintance. It is a close intimate relationship. It's not like, oh, I know who that
Jesus guy is. No, it's, I know what Jesus is like. I know his nature. I know what to expect.
I have experienced him and I know I can trust him. And by the way, if you've missed any of
the episodes that we have explored these fruits, please go back and watch or listen. We've talked
about his love. We've talked about his goodness, his kindness, gentleness, self-control, and in
even earlier episodes, which I will make sure that I link in the description, we have talked
about joy and peace and patience. And today you've guessed it. We're talking about faithfulness.
Everything God is, he is relentlessly. God is always going to be love, always gentle,
always patient, always kind. Faithfulness is the unchanging, unwavering nature of God. He is
consistent, constant, unceasing, firm in his promises, and he can be trusted at all times.
You know, you can come to a place in your relationship with God where it is actually
easy to believe his promises because your greatest reality becomes faithful is he who has called me
and I know he will surely do it. What he says is the truest thing about your life. What he says
is the truest thing about your life. Do you know how much peace I have forfeited in my lifetime
trying to have enough faith for something? Woof. I mean, never again. Never again will I live like
that because when we see our faith as a response to his faithfulness and not a currency to earn
something, our striving to have more faith ceases because we can be at rest knowing his faithfulness.
His faithfulness is meant to be our focus, not our own, not another person's faithfulness.
So when Satan wants to stir up doubt, offense, panic, condemnation, I just refuse to even have
that conversation anymore because I am too captivated by the faithfulness of God. I rest
in his faithfulness. God is relentless in his faithfulness, and it's that very nature of
relentlessness that cultivates the fruit of faithfulness in us. We're not earning, we're
learning. We're being made in God's image and likeness just like he planned in Genesis 126,
and let me tell you, it is a joyful process because he is always joyful. So when we encounter
his nature, our passion rises to the same level. God changes us. We never change him because he
never changes. Faithfulness means faithfulness. Don't miss this. He has not dropped his kindness
all of a sudden just because of how the world is acting. He has not forfeited his peace just
because the circumstances have gotten
chaotic. God has not disregarded his goodness towards you just because people have not been
good, just because maybe you have not been good. Everything God is, he is relentlessly.
You can trust him to be the same yesterday, today, and forever. And from that place of
trust, you too can become unchanging no matter what is occurring.
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.