Today's "Grace Inspirations" by Joseph Prince is a great confirmation to me as I have been thinking this very thing!
EXPECT GOOD THINGS TO HAPPEN TO YOU
Ephesians 6:17 And take the helmet of salvation…
When the phone rings at odd times, most people think, “Oh dear, it must
be bad news.” They don’t think, “I wonder what the good news is that it cannot
wait till morning!”When we hear, “The boss wants to see you,” instinctively, we
think, “Oh dear, this is not good.” But how do we know that it is not going to
be about a promotion?
Our minds are inclined toward the negative. So to guard our minds
against negative thoughts, we are to put on “the helmet of salvation”, which is
“the hope of salvation”. (1 Thessalonians 5:8)
If you are going through a trial right now, putting on as a helmet the
hope of salvation means that you have a confident expectation of good coming
your way. It means that you choose to believe that this trial that you are
going through is only temporary because God will see you through it. It means
that you believe that this difficult period will end with your salvation—your
preservation, wholeness, wellness and health!
You may not know what is going to happen this week. But one thing you
can do is to put on the helmet of the hope of salvation and tell yourself that
you are going to have a fantastic week!
“Well, you know, Pastor Prince, you never know what to expect. We hear
so much bad news these days—another flu outbreak, another company retrenching
its workers…I really hope that I will not be retrenched next. But I cannot be
sure. I am keeping my fingers crossed.”
No, my friend, biblical hope is not “I hope so” but “I know so”! You
can have a confident expectation of good happening to you because you are not
like the people of the world. You are a child of the living God. You have a
Savior watching over you. There are more angels given charge over you than
there are demons against you. And greater is He that is in you than he that is
in the world. (1 John 4:4) There is every reason for you to have a confident
expectation of good happening to you!
Thought For The Day: As a child of the living God, you can have a confident expectation of
good happening to you.
Call those things that be not yet as though they already were! THAT is faith speaking! God moves in response to our faith, and according to His Word! AMEN! Here is Hillsong UNITED with "Say The Word":
Shalom in Him!
