Welcome to episode 20. Today we're going to take on a posture of peace
by elevating trust in the Lord over the things that trigger us.
Hi, I'm Lindsay Van Zale. Posture is a podcast that serves a short audible
fist bump to remind you that God is in everything.
Together we're going to be emboldened to take a daily posture
of perfect peace.
Jeremiah chapter 17 verses 7 and 8 say this,
Blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord,
whose trust is the Lord. They are like a tree planted by the
water that sends out its roots into the
stream, and does not fear when heat comes,
for its leaves remain green, and it is not anxious in the year of drought,
for it does not cease to bear fruit. I love that scripture so much.
I decided today to actually scrap what I was originally planning on sharing
because I felt prompted to share with you guys instead
something that I'm currently walking through with the Lord, something that I
am actively surrendering to him, and it
has to do with triggers. I'm sure you're familiar with the term
triggers. I'm sure you've been triggered, you've had to fight triggers,
and you've heard other people speak of their triggers.
Okay, so I used to love to travel, and now I don't so much anymore because
travel has become a trigger for me.
It happened in 2018. I was basically fighting sickness
all throughout the year of 2018. Doctors weren't really sure what was going on. A
lot of poking and prodding and testing, not a ton of answers,
and I was having to also travel during that year a lot for work,
which meant anytime I traveled, I was sick.
So imagine, if you will, being in an unfamiliar city,
hotel rooms, planes, cars, not feeling well. It wasn't great,
and that season really sucked the joy of traveling
for me, and it really it stole my heart for adventure. That's what really
happened. So since then, I've been pretty
grounded, if you will, and I've just avoided traveling as much
as I could. I haven't done a ton of it since then
because it just triggered those flashbacks of being sick and being on
planes and all of that stuff, and so I'm getting
ready to enter a travel season again. It's time, and I can't avoid it. I don't
want to avoid it because quite honestly, I want my heart for adventure back. I
believe part of my calling is to travel internationally,
and this trigger is getting in the way of that,
and fear is not my inheritance. Faith is. So I brought all this to the Lord, if you
will, and I said, Lord, I want to surrender
the fear to you, and I felt like in that moment with him, he said this to me.
He said, Lens, you decide what triggers you. You
decide what triggers you. I know that it doesn't often feel like a choice,
but as people of the kingdom, we have been given the authority
and the power to choose and decide what is going to trigger us. So I just
want to share with you, because I'm this week, I'm traveling, I want to
share with you what I'm leaning on, the posture that I'm taking as I enter
into this travel season, and making the decision, travel's not
going to be a trigger for me anymore. I am leaning on Proverbs 3,
chapters 5 and 6. Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways,
acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
I, this week, and for the rest of my life,
but especially this week, I'm deciding to choose trust over triggers,
and I'm going to trust in the Lord with all my heart, and instead of
leaning on the memories, instead of leaning on my understanding of the
situation and what happened to my health in 2018, instead of
leaning on the flashback, I'm gonna lean on his truth.
I want to be like that tree that's planted by the water, that is not
swayed by the elements, that is not fearful of what's going on
around him, because that tree has planted its roots into the stream.
I believe that stream, for me and you, represents
the living, active, powerful Word of God.
So today if you're feeling triggered or if you have things that have kept you from living the life
You are called to out of fear. I want to encourage you today
You decide what triggers you
Be like that tree that is unswayed by the elements by leaning
trusting with all your heart into the Lord and not your own understanding and the promises that
He is gonna make your way
straight
The promise of perfect peace is found in Isaiah 26 3 and in Hebrew it is shalom
shalom
meaning
complete wholeness
Nothing missing nothing broken. This is who you are in Jesus
Let's declare this together
Today, I am kept in perfect. Peace with my whole heart. I trust the Lord
I am strong. I am victorious. I am whole
Remember friend you are a living testimony of Jesus's ultimate win
Not because of anything you did but because of what he did for you with every step you take today
You're putting Jesus's victory on display and Satan's defeat on replay