Today, we're going to take on a posture of peace by catching eyes with God.
Hi, I'm Lindsay Van Zale.
Posture is a podcast that serves as 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.
Psalm 32, verse 8 says this,
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go.
I will guide you with my eye.
Today, I'm going to share just a brief thought that has captured my heart through Psalm 32.
And then what I would like is for you to go and take this thought and ponder it
with the Lord today on your own.
Psalm 32 was written by David and it speaks to the freedom that is found through confession,
true repentance, and receiving God's forgiveness.
Really, this is a chapter about full exposure.
And unlike human relationships where exposure sometimes brings only shame and disconnection,
what I see in this psalm is how full exposure before the Lord doesn't bring us shame,
but instead it brings us salvation.
As we continue to deepen our friendship with God,
we'll discover a level of intimacy that will only surprise and delight us.
But what I'm really captured by in this chapter is verse 8,
that it says that he guides me with his eye.
Have you ever been so close with someone or known someone so well,
maybe a best friend, a spouse, or a parent,
and you guys can be in a public setting together and they catch your eye in a moment
and you know exactly what they're thinking
or what they're trying to communicate to you with no words.
I believe that we can have that level of intimacy with God,
that he would guide us with his eye.
I'm starting to experience this in my own friendship with God.
I've been in settings where God will catch my eye.
Maybe he'll highlight someone to me that he wants me to connect with,
or sometimes I'll be about to say something and I'll sense like a slight nod of his head,
like, don't say that.
Sometimes I'll sense his pleasure about a moment or about a person.
It's like getting a wink from his eye.
Here's what I want you to consider today.
If this is true, if this level of intimacy, this closeness to God is possible,
that he could, we could know him so well that he could guide us just with his eye,
what could this mean for your friendship with God?
The promise of perfect peace is found in Isaiah 26, 3.
And in Hebrew, it is shalom, shalom, meaning complete wholeness.
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.