Today we're going to take on a posture of peace by thinking like a new creation.
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. Second Corinthians chapter 5 verse 17 says,
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come, the old has gone, and the new
is here. This week as a posture community, we are leaning further into our awareness of the new us,
our identity in Christ. And like I mentioned in episode 41, we will never outgrow this truth,
no matter how long you have walked with God, whether it's two hours or 54 years, you will
always be growing in your revelation of the new you. Ultimately, at the end of this week,
I want us all to be believing what God believes about us, because if we did, we would never
struggle with sin again. The Bible says several times over, you and I have died, our sinful nature
was crucified with Christ, and we were resurrected with Christ with a new nature. Christ didn't just
die for you, he died as you. Isaiah 53 lays it out so clearly, Jesus took on all of the punishment
that we deserve, and not only that, he gave us his glorious identity so that we could carry
his righteousness, his peace, and his joy from now on. Every form of sin and all of its residue
as well, things like anxiety and panic and fear, self-hatred, despair, all the things that make
life punishing, don't have any right to be in our lives anymore. Now, I don't know about you,
but for me, I feel like I've spent most of my Christian life wanting to believe this,
wanting to have faith in my new nature, yet still trusting more in my old nature. Why is that? How
can we be new, yet still feel like we're constantly fighting off the old? It's because we have a
memory, and for most of us, we're still thinking like a dead person. While we have stepped into our
new nature through faith in Jesus Christ, we still have attachment to some old sin habits. You know,
sin is a memory, it's a habit that we developed in our old nature when we were lost and without
hope, and our accuser, Satan, tries desperately to keep us remembering what it was like to not be
in a covenant relationship with God so that we live as if the memory of sin is still our current
reality. Romans 12 says, do not be conformed to the pattern or the habits of this world,
but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve
what God's will is, his good, pleasing, and perfect will. So if you find yourself carrying
your old nature habits into your new life today, it's time to think differently. It's time to
unlearn what your old sinful nature taught you. You need to make some new memories as the new you,
leaving behind what has been dead and buried, and taking on the mind of Christ so that you believe
what he believes about you. You know, God is not dealing with our sin anymore,
because Jesus already completely dealt with it through the cross. So God is only focused on
leading our new selves into living every aspect of the fullness of Christ. Think about this,
every circumstance you face is an opportunity for you to realize even more who Jesus is and who you
are in him. So today, no matter what you're facing, remember this, you are new. You're a champion.
You're an overcomer. You are more than a conqueror through him who loves you. And you have
peace with God because you are now one with Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace himself.
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