Today we're going to take a posture of peace by bringing the wholeness of heaven to a broken world.
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 23 verse 1 says, the Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.
I realized recently that this is probably one of the most recited scriptures of all time,
and yet perhaps the one we believe the least. I'm not sure I've ever gone through an entire day
where I truly believed that I lacked nothing. I mean, most days I feel like I have something,
but have I ever really believed that I've lacked nothing? There always seems to be something
lacking. Sometimes it's I don't have the right resources, or some days I don't feel like I have
the answers. I don't have the right strategy, I don't have the creativity. Some days I don't feel
like I have the support I need, or the energy, or the emotional stability, or the mental stamina.
Some days I believe I don't have the education, I don't have the connections,
I don't have the skills, I don't have the time, I don't have the words, I don't have
the influence, I don't have the following, the calling, the clarity, the peace. All this week
I've had the strong sense to tell you that you are a restorer. You are empowered and equipped to bring
the wholeness of heaven to a broken world, and you have everything you need to do it.
If you want to know who you are and what you have, look to Jesus. Jesus was never concerned
about not having what he needed. He never seemed worried about not having the power to do something.
He was never concerned with a lack of resources. I mean, think about the loaves and the fishes.
He never worried himself with people's opinion or their lack of support. He was never intimidated
by the unexpected. I mean, he calmed the storm. He walked through a mob of people who were wanting
to throw him off a cliff, and before he was arrested to be crucified, he actually healed
the ear of a soldier who was arresting him. He never came across a situation too broken
or too hopeless. I mean, not even death. He raised the dead, and then he was raised from the dead.
And John 4.17 says,
And it's not a metaphor. It's an identity statement. Not an identity that you can even
earn, but one you have been given to receive. Romans 8.11 says,
This is who you are. It might not be how you feel at the moment. It might not be what you
fully believe about yourself right now, but if you have put your faith in Jesus, it's who you
are. When we come across the brokenness in this world, when we are broken by the things that
happen in this world, our first thought can't be about what we don't have. It should be about
who we have and who has us. And you know, Jesus wasn't a robot either. He wasn't unaffected
by the pain and the loss and injustice of the world. Jesus wept. I'm sorry. The Bible said
Jesus was moved with compassion. He was moved to do something to bring abundant life to a world
that lacked everything. Today is not a test to see how thinly you can spread yourself
to solve all of the world's problems. Today is an invitation. It's an invitation
to exchange all you think you lack for everything he is. And from his fullness,
you can bring his transforming power to whatever you may face today.
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' 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.