A Good Thing

Love you all, praying for you,
  
I just love God’s Word.  It tells you about the Good that God has for you.  Do you expect good things to happen today?  Are you fully hearing and obeying what God told you to do today? fully soaking in His Word to you – His instruction and His promise?  Are you daily encouraging someone so you can overcome with your testimony – so His good can come to you?   Do you expect good things to happen?  Why do those who expect good things– always seem to get them?  Maybe, because they expect good, they notice the good that God gives.   Do you know anyone like this?  Your friends should be these kinds of people.  You should be!  And your friends will be.  Those who are thankful – get more good things.  Just like any father loves to give more to a child who is thankful.  Those who have a heart of praise – get more good things – they see them.  The things that are – are better for them, and they’re the first to see more.  Some people don’t see many good things, because they don’t notice them.  They are always dreading the bad, or complaining about what they have.  God wants you to walk from one good thing to another.  Not with your head in the sand, obstacles and trials will come.  But God has good for you even in this thing, even in this trial.  Praying that you’ll expect good, so you seek good.  Praying that you will be thankful – so you’ll get more.  God says count trials as joy.  God wants you to walk in the good that He has for you, not the bad that He has for you - God doesn’t have bad for you.  He has good.  He can even turn the bad things into good for you.  And just because you suffer temptation or trial, or loss or setback doesn’t mean He cannot turn it around for your good.  Life is hard, because sin screwed it up.  But God’s grace is greater than sin - yours or anyone else’s.  He has good for you.  And the more you expect it, and are thankful when you see it, the more of His good you will walk in.  The last thing that will bring God’s good.  If you walk in His path, you will get to His good.  Praying that you will review the PRISM Topic – God Has Good For You.  Sometimes if you’re facing challenges – it’s time to change your mind, get new glasses.  See things differently.  Sometimes it’s time to praise God for the Good things that He has given you, rather than always think about what you’re going through or what you don’t have yet.  He is Good, He has given you so many good things, and He has good for you.  Praying that your thoughts – are always on what’s good, so you just come to expect it.  Praying that you know what God told you to do today, and do it with joy!  So He leads you to the Good that comes with it.  So what do you expect today?  And what are you doing that will help you see it?  And get you to it?   
 
Love you all,
dad