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Today, we're gonna take on a posture of peace

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by declaring a glorious future.

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Hi, I'm Lindsay Van Zale.

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Posture is a podcast that serves a short,

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audible fist bump to remind you that God is in everything.

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Together, we're gonna be emboldened

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to take a daily posture of perfect peace.

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Psalm chapter 46, verse one through seven says,

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this, God is our refuge and strength,

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a very present help in times of trouble.

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Therefore, we will not fear, though the earth gives way,

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though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea,

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though its waters roar and foam,

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though the mountains tremble at its swelling.

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There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,

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the holy habitation of the Most High.

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God is in the midst of her.

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She will not be moved.

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God will help her when morning dawns,

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the nations rage, the kingdoms totter.

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He utters his voice, earth melts.

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The Lord of hosts is with us.

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The God of Jacob is our fortress.

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This beautiful psalm was written by the sons of Korah.

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Now, Korah is someone that we meet all the way back

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in Numbers chapter 16, and he was not great, okay?

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He rose up and led an assembly of people

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against Moses and Aaron,

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who were God's chosen leaders at the time,

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and he contended against the Lord's plan.

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He did not stand on God's side.

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And so something really interesting happened to Korah

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and those who decided to stand with Korah,

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and we read a summary of what happened to Korah

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in Numbers, actually chapter 26.

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So his whole story is in number 16.

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If you wanna read that, I always encourage you to.

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And then in Numbers chapter 26,

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we read a summary of what happened.

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It says in verse 10, it said,

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for the people who contended against Moses and Aaron

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in the company of Korah,

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when they contended against the Lord,

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the earth opened its mouth

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and swallowed them up together with Korah.

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And here's what's interesting.

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When you read number 16, at least for me,

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I was under the impression that all of Korah's family

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were swallowed up with him,

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because it talks about the people who stood with Korah,

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stood on Korah's side,

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and their households were swallowed up.

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However, in this summary, in chapter 26, verse 11,

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it says, but the sons of Korah did not die,

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which means that the sons of Korah

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stood on God's side instead.

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Now, why is that fascinating?

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Well, because when you go back and read the Psalms

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that the descendants of Korah, the sons of Korah wrote,

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you read it much differently because you realize

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that when they say, therefore, we will not fear,

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though the earth gives way, that is not a poetic picture.

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This is very literal to the sons of Korah and their history

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because their ancestors were swallowed up

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when the earth gave way.

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And yet, the sons of Korah knew

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that because they stood on the side of God,

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God would be their refuge and their strength,

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a very present help in trouble,

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and therefore, they had no need to fear.

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Now, here's what I love about the sons of Korah,

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is they were not a somber people.

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The sons of Korah were people of praise.

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We obviously see a demonstration of this,

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and then several Psalms that they wrote,

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I mean, even in Psalm 47, it starts with,

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clap your hands, all you people,

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sing to God with loud songs of joy.

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These are their words.

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The sons of Korah knew who God was,

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and they knew that they stood on God's side,

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and they knew that God was with them,

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and God was their fortress,

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and therefore, they could respond

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in the opposite spirit of fear.

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They could be people of praise,

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declaring a glorious future.

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You know, we actually have already heard

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of the sons of Korah in a previous episode,

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in episode 27, when we talked about

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making Thanksgiving our battle cry,

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because Jehoshaphat, when he put people of praise,

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at the forefront of his army, singing that battle cry that sounded so much like a victory song,

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give thanks to the Lord for his love endures forever. Those people were the sons of Korah.

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We read, and I'll read it again in 2 Chronicles 20, it says that it was the sons of Korah that

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stood up to praise the Lord, the God of Israel, with a very loud voice. We're in a time right

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now with this health crisis where people are talking about, well, what happens if what has

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happened in the past, recession, depression, happens again? We can stand boldly as God's

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people just like the sons of Korah and said, even if the earth gives way, even if what has happened

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in the past happens again, we have no need to fear because God is our refuge and strength,

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a very present help in times of trouble. Let's stand up today in the opposite spirit of fear

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and be people of praise who sing for joy with a loud voice declaring a glorious future.

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The promise of perfect peace is found in Isaiah 26, 3, and in Hebrew, it is shalom, shalom,

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meaning complete wholeness, nothing missing, nothing broken. This is who you are in Jesus.

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Let's declare this together. Today, I am kept in perfect peace. With my whole heart,

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I trust the Lord. I am strong. I am victorious. I am whole. Remember, friend, you are a living

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testimony of Jesus's ultimate win, not because of anything you did, but because of what he did

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for you. With every step you take today, you're putting Jesus's victory on display and Satan's

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defeat on replay.