Posture

Has it ever occurred to you that satan has no patience?

Patience is a fruit of the Holy Spirit, not the evil spirit. Your enemy has no ability to “wait it out” and he has very limited resources. Meanwhile, you have access to heaven’s unlimited resources.

Patience empowers you to run the enemy dry.

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2 Corinthians 10:5 instructs us to “...take every thought captive to obey Christ.” This implies that not every thought we think is true.

Who are your thoughts serving? Are the thoughts you’re thinking today empowering God’s promises or your problems?

The good news is that you and I have been given the authority and power to think differently.

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Today I'm sharing one of my favorite moments in all of scripture.

What hate mail has been sent your way that is threatening your peace by messing with your trust in God?

A diagnosis?

An overdue bill?

A test score?

A news report?

Your God would like to read it and send back His response.

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There are going to be days (maybe it’s today?) when there will be a gap between the truth of God’s Word and the facts of your circumstances.

It’s tempting to try to fill the gap with things like doubt, bad theology, anger towards God or people, panic, worry, fear…

Instead of trying to fill the gap, ask yourself this --  “Has God ever come up short?”

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Last year God told me, “Linds, you’ve got to laugh more.” I thought He was joking.

You see, my life at the time was anything but laughable and I had developed this serious, stoic nature in order to cope. After all, being joyful in the midst of negativity just felt to me like living in denial.

Proverbs 17:22 says, “A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.”

I’ve discovered that laughter actually doesn’t keep me in denial of negative circumstances, but it does deny those negative circumstances from having an effect on me. Just like a good medicine.

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Are you familiar with the promise that says, “God’s love endures forever?”

I used to translate that promise to mean “God’s love tolerates me forever.”

This warped translation came from viewing God’s love for me through the lens of my experience with human love.

But I had it all backwards.

What if ... instead of your circumstances and human relationships informing you about God’s love for you, you let God’s enduring love for you be what informs you about your circumstances and relationships?

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I used to have a tendency to trust God with the monumental (like my eternal salvation), but struggle to surrender to Him the mundane (like the details of my day).

I felt solely responsible for my daily life, so I leaned hard on my plans, my expectations, and my routines to uphold me.

But Psalm 54:4 says, “God is my helper; the Lord is the upholder of my life.”

With this revelation comes an invitation to do life differently.

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Sometimes I become so familiar with a promise from God’s word that I no longer familiarize myself with it -- meaning I no longer seek to gain a deeper understanding.

Lamentations 3:21 -23 says, “But this I call to mind — therefore I have hope. The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning…”

When is the last time you called to mind -- thought deeply about -- the truth that God’s mercies are fresh every morning?

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Hebrews 10:35 says, “Do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.”

This isn't talking about self-inspired confidence, but a confidence resting in Jesus’s finished work on the cross and our identities in Christ.

I used to pray a very dumb prayer that I thought was super spiritual, but it was actually throwing away this confidence.

I’ve got good news for you today -- “You don’t belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved.” [Hebrews 10:36]

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1 John 4:18 says, "There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear..."

I believe that at the root of every fear, worry, and anxiety is an accusation. It may be an accusation against yourself, against another, or even God. Often we deal with accusation in our lives by trying to be more lovable, or by even trying to perfect our love for God, people, and ourselves.

We try to behave so that we can belong. 

But only God has the ability to love perfectly. Scripture reminds us that God is Love, and we belong to Love.

Today, instead of expelling all our energy trying to be perfect, let's rest in God's perfect love and embrace this truth: We belong to God, so fear doesn't belong to us.

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