Right Posture

As my husband and I move forward pursuing a move into the north part of our city and as we begin taking steps to lead out in a missional community approach through our church, I have been asking God to keep my heart in the right posture. Specifically, I have been asking Him for humility…so that I do not think that I’m just so amazing…and to remember that anything that I do is because of Him in me and is ultimately to show Him to the world around me.

I know that when I pray stuff like that, then usually God points out so many areas that I am still desperately in need of Him and shows me that I am not a self-sufficient superstar. Over the weekend so many areas of my own personal weakness became glaringly apparent. As the weekend progressed, it became more and more obvious that I needed to just recognize my weaknesses, own them, and ask Jesus to begin to transform those areas that are still so imperfect.

It’s a funny thing that when you ask God to keep your heart in a right posture to Him, He will actually do it. So, over the last few days, He has been showing me exactly where I still need His power in my life. He has been showing me again the truth of the Gospel: that I am desperately in need of Him to rescue me and restore me. I am prevented from thinking too highly of myself when my imperfections are staring me in the face. I am also prevented from hopelessness and self-deprecation when Jesus’ rescue of me is also staring me in the face. Because of Jesus, I (even though I am sinful and imperfect) can have hope (that I will continually be transformed as I follow Him). This is how my heart stays in right posture before an amazing God.



To check the posture of your heart, I recommend listening to this sermon (it rocks me every time I listen to it):
“Posture,” Harvey Turner, Living Stones, Luke: Series 02, Part 4, 4.29.07. (You can find it on iTunes under the Living Stones podcast.)