Today, we're going to take a posture of peace by living like an influencer.
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.
In John chapter 1, verse 16, it says this about Jesus and you.
For from his fullness we have all received grace upon grace.
Today I'm sharing my final clip from a conversation that I had with one of my spiritual mentors,
Graham Cook.
This conversation was from the 3 plus me Facebook challenge that's been happening this week
where people from all over the world have been leaning into the truth of God's empowering
presence in us.
Something I know that many of us feel called to is influence.
Don't be afraid of that word.
We should feel called to influence, you know, and it's more than a title.
It is a mandate of every believer to be an influencer in our communities, our networks,
and within our spheres.
You know, the vision God has for his kingdom advancing through his people here on earth,
it's going to take more than just a high follower count or a robust platform.
It is going to take the fullness of Christ, which you have already been given.
In this clip, Graham shares what it looks like to be an influencer in any atmosphere
or arena that you walk into, and he shares a story about how he became the antidote in
a pressured situation.
And also what I'm hearing, you know, you keep saying this is a, this is relational
learning, this is a journey.
This is not something that we ever graduate from.
Like we're not going to arrive, even after five days, you know, we're going to, we're
going to move the ball forward.
There's going to be upgrades galore.
I can already sense there's going to be so many testimonies from this community over
the next five days.
Absolutely.
That's my expectation.
However, I also know it continues.
So 50 years from now, I'm still going to be upgraded in this revelation of my identity
in Christ and the three plus me.
Right.
Because it's about fullness.
I mean, if you're living in measure right now, there's a lot of territory in you that
needs to become full of who God is.
If you've had 30 years of worrying, you have some unlearning to do, because that means
there's a territory inside you that more belongs to the enemy than belongs to you.
Because he can touch that.
You know, opposition attaches to what you don't remove.
So what God is doing in this, he's removing the ability to be anxious and replacing it
with peace.
So that when you start to learn fullness of peace, the enemy can't touch you in the same
way.
And neither can people.
And neither can situations.
Because peace is so full, you already have an antidote to any negative situation living
inside of you.
And I love that.
I love that when we learn the ways of God, we become the antidote in a pressured situation.
I know that I can walk into a room and make a difference just by my peace.
You know, I'm used to doing it in conferences.
You come in and you know all of the chatter and people are coming in stressed or worried
and all of that kind of thing.
And my job, really, as a prophet and as a speaker, is to make sure that my peace is
so big I could fill that auditorium.
And I do that.
I do that not just by speaking, but by using the right voice.
So I speak in a certain way.
Then what happens is the mood shifts in the auditorium.
That's how powerful we all are learning to become in Christ.
You are the difference maker in any situation because you know how God works.
So I make that contribution, you know, into people, into circumstances.
I can change the focus, the lens, just by saying, what if it's not like that?
What if it's like this?
So get people thinking.
Because ultimately, again, three plus me, if you're in the room, that means God is in
the room.
You have brought the three with you.
So no matter what, if it's a difficult conversation, if it's a hard meeting, if it's just a difficult
atmosphere, even with what we're facing with this pandemic, you know, there is this fear
and intimidation that can be, you know, over the airwaves and in the atmosphere.
But we can shift that because of who is inside of us.
That's who we bring.
Yeah, it's not me plus three.
Yeah.
It's not me having to, you know, it's the three of them plus me.
So they come muscling in, you know, because we're here, we're here, we're always here,
we're here for you.
So it's us plus you.
It's not you plus us.
You know, it doesn't start with us.
It starts with our awareness of them and who they are.
And the three come in and straight away they change the atmosphere inside you.
They bring peace.
They bring rest.
They bring joy.
They bring who they are.
So I like that, that when God shows up, I'm expecting him either to make me smile or to
make my heart light, you know, because that's what Jesus said.
My yoke is easy.
My burden's light.
It's like he's only looking after, what, 7.3 billion people or something.
My yoke is easy.
My burden is light.
And he comes in saying, you know, all you who are weary and heavy laden, I will give
you rest.
So it's like you don't go through something to learn peace.
You have peace so that you can go through something.
So he gives you rest before the problem comes.
The first thing he wants to do is, let's make, let's just upgrade your joy, your peace.
That's why he says, rejoice in the Lord always and again I say rejoice, right?
Because we start from rejoicing.
We don't end up there.
I mean, we'll probably be laughing more at the end of it.
But we're not working through this thing in order to get joy.
Joy is always in us.
And so when we rejoice, it's because we're with the three.
And, you know, I love the way that God thinks about things.
We are always working from something.
We're always working from Jesus into something.
Whenever moving, whenever working towards God, we're working from God.
He's in us.
You have everything you need.
You're learning how to use it.
And that's what fullness is, is you're pulling on that fullness all the time because you
have an expectation.
You know, it's like, it's like, you know, you get a credit card in the mail that gives
you, you know, an amount that you can have right now.
And but it doesn't work until you get in touch with the principle.
You know, you have to get it accessed.
You know, you have to get it online and working.
And then you use it.
And the principle for that for me is God gives you fullness now, then he teaches you
how to use it.
So you have fullness.
You're not working towards fullness.
You're working from fullness.
You have fullness now, and he teaches you to draw from that account always in your situation.
So we're never in a deficit with God.
We're in fullness.
So we're in fullness now because he's full.
So we have to work from who he is.
That's why it's three plus me.
And I can draw on all the things that they have because that's my life now.
My life is to know God and be with God.
So we're never moving towards something.
We're always moving from something into something.
And I love that.
So we're never in doubt.
I have all fullness with me.
He's going to teach me how to use the next part of fullness that he's given me.
So when you think problem, you straight away think fullness.
And if you don't think that, then you're starting from a place of deficit or a place of measure.
And then you're practicing three plus me.
You're practicing me plus three rather than three plus me.
The fullness is the three and the vessel is being constantly filled by them in every
situation regardless of circumstances.
So here's a thought.
What if you entered the season you're in right now?
Pandemic, quarantine, perhaps a new marriage, new parenthood, maybe a new job or any personal
battle perhaps that you're facing right now.
What if you walked into the season full with everything you already need to live victoriously?
What if you're not working right now to get peace or more joy or be more patient?
What if you're living from those things?
You are a vessel who is constantly being filled by the three in you.
The promise of perfect peace is found in Isaiah 26 3.
And in Hebrew.
through, 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' 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' victory on display and Satan's defeat
on replay.