Today, we're going to take on a posture of peace by resting in the unchanging nature of 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. Hebrews chapter 13 verse 8 says Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and
forever. Circumstances change, people change, seasons change. Basically, everything in our
lives changes, but Jesus does not change. And as we continue refining our focus this week on
the new us, our new nature in Christ, it is so important that we become completely convinced
of Jesus's nature, of who Jesus is, because who he is is who we are now.
First John chapter 4 verses 15 through 17 says whoever confesses that Jesus is the son of God,
God abides in him, and he in God. And we have known and believed the love that God has for us.
God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him. Love has been perfected
among us in this, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as he is,
so are we in this world. Remember Colossians 3 says for you have died and your life is hidden
with Christ and God. This is not a once we get to heaven kind of promise. This is for today.
And Jesus isn't changing his mind about you. He is fully convinced about what he did on the cross,
about how you and him were raised together, about how he sees you now. He is fully convinced about
how he feels about you, and he is never going back on his intention, his primary purpose of
making you like him. Genesis 1 26 says let us make man in our image. That was the plan all along.
And now because of Jesus we have his righteousness, his peace, his joy, his spirit, his power, his
victory, and all of his glorious characteristics. And you know what? This also means that you and I
can be as unchanging as him. Not tossed around by the circumstances in our lives, or the suffering
we face, or other people's opinion about us, or even sin. We can always be at peace and at rest
like Jesus. But we will only become like Jesus if we first have an unchanging belief about his
nature. You know we live in a world where things are constantly changing and position is gained by
performance. You know we earn so then we can gain. But the kingdom of God is opposite to the world.
You and I have already been given a position in Christ. The Bible says he is in us and we are in
him. And it's his presence in our life that never leaves or forsakes us. It's his presence that
empowers us to perform, to walk in every single promise. There was no ritual or work that could
save you in the first place. So there is no work now that can empower you to become like Christ.
There is only Christ. His finished work on the cross. So today the wrong question to ask is,
what must I do to become more like Christ? Because of what Christ already did on the cross,
the question we should ask ourselves today is, what must we believe and keep believing in order
to walk in the fullness of Christ? 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.
because of anything you did, but because of what he did for you.
With every step you take today, you're putting Jesus' victory on display
and Satan's defeat on replay.