God
has perfect plans for our life, which He made for us before we even lived one day.
His ways are faultless and His timing is impeccable. He delights in us when we
do His will, and He gives us more responsibility in His Kingdom when we prove
our self faithful to His will (Luke 12:42-48).
God
disciplines us as His children when we stray from His straight and narrow road;
not to exact vengeance on us, but to keep us safely in the center of His will.
We never lose the anticipation of His coming, or our home going into His
physical presence.
The
devil attempts to distract, divert and disengage us from our service to our
King Jesus. He scrambles our thought processes and discourages us with more
than we can bear (Proverbs 23:7). At times like this, we rely on our intimacy
with God and increase our obedience to His Spirit.
We
have no need to entertain fears or doubts about our future, because God has a
perfect plan for us in any circumstance. We can keep our self spotless from the
decay of sinful temptations and reap the blessings of God on our life (1 John
3:2-3).
When
we wait on the Lord and believe in His Word, then we free our self from Satan's
bondage; trust that Christ in us is greater than any tribulation, doubt or
anticipation that we may entertain; and realize that God works out everything
for our eventual good (Revelation 1:3; Romans 8:28).
God's
Word prepares us for life with wisdom, inspiration, power and saving faith. We
have an eager anticipation of our future, because we see God's faithfulness to
us in the past. We realize that even the most trying circumstance is given to
us so that God's glory will be revealed in and through us.
Prayer:
Father
God, help us not to grow weary in life, and to abandon the hope that is within
us to the point of allowing the cares of this life to consume us. Remind us
that Christ will return to earth with His bride, and establish His rule and
reign over all the nations, and we will be a big part of all of that (Revelation
22:12; 1 Corinthians 11:26).
This
will help us to maintain a heavenly worldview and mindset, rather than to be
sidetracked by the deceptive philosophy of this world and the lies of the devil
(Colossians 2:8, 3:1-5, 4:8-9). It will also give us peace of mind and
fellowship with other authentic Believers (Romans 8:5-6).
Thought
for the Day:
Developing
a heavenly mindset helps us to focus on our resurrected life in Christ, to
submit to the purifying discipline of our Father God, to rejoice that we are
already crucified with Jesus and hidden with Him in God, and that we can look
forward to our future life on this earth and to our eternal reward because of
His redeeming work in our life.
