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Today, we're going to take on a posture of peace by catching eyes with God.

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Hi, I'm Lindsay Van Zale.

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Posture is a podcast that serves as a short, audible fist bump to remind you that God is in everything.

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Together, we're going to be emboldened to take a daily posture of perfect peace.

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Psalm 32, verse 8 says this,

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I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go.

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I will guide you with my eye.

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Today, I'm going to share just a brief thought that has captured my heart through Psalm 32.

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And then what I would like is for you to go and take this thought and ponder it

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with the Lord today on your own.

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Psalm 32 was written by David and it speaks to the freedom that is found through confession,

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true repentance, and receiving God's forgiveness.

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Really, this is a chapter about full exposure.

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And unlike human relationships where exposure sometimes brings only shame and disconnection,

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what I see in this psalm is how full exposure before the Lord doesn't bring us shame,

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but instead it brings us salvation.

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As we continue to deepen our friendship with God,

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we'll discover a level of intimacy that will only surprise and delight us.

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But what I'm really captured by in this chapter is verse 8,

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that it says that he guides me with his eye.

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Have you ever been so close with someone or known someone so well,

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maybe a best friend, a spouse, or a parent,

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and you guys can be in a public setting together and they catch your eye in a moment

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and you know exactly what they're thinking

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or what they're trying to communicate to you with no words.

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I believe that we can have that level of intimacy with God,

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that he would guide us with his eye.

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I'm starting to experience this in my own friendship with God.

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I've been in settings where God will catch my eye.

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Maybe he'll highlight someone to me that he wants me to connect with,

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or sometimes I'll be about to say something and I'll sense like a slight nod of his head,

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like, don't say that.

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Sometimes I'll sense his pleasure about a moment or about a person.

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It's like getting a wink from his eye.

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Here's what I want you to consider today.

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If this is true, if this level of intimacy, this closeness to God is possible,

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that he could, we could know him so well that he could guide us just with his eye,

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what could this mean for your friendship with God?

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The promise of perfect peace is found in Isaiah 26, 3.

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And in Hebrew, it is shalom, shalom, meaning complete wholeness.

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Complete wholeness, nothing missing, nothing broken.

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This is who you are in Jesus.

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Let's declare this together.

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Today, I am kept in perfect peace.

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With my whole heart, I trust the Lord.

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I am strong.

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I am victorious.

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I am whole.

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Remember, friend, you are a living testimony of Jesus's ultimate win.

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Not because of anything you did, but because of what he did for you.

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With every step you take today, you're putting Jesus's victory on display

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and Satan's defeat on replay.