Listening to the Holy Spirit:
You are surrounded by good, for My presence can be no less. Fear not, but have hope. There is nothing missing of My plan for you. Yesterday’s pain cannot be remembered; even the deepest of wounds fade. As the surgeon severs the skin for a greater healing, though the skin does not understand, greater and deeper are the plans of the Father, and privileged you are to have place in them, and My Spirit within. For the great multitude is only the infinitesimal fraction of who could have been. There can be no number set on those who were not of creation. In your very breath there is infinite favor given already, and with the Father’s call, even greater still. Do not look down for the distraction of inconvenience and suffering, less than even the great kings of the past. Rejoice in Hope that resides forever within you. In My plan given for eternity those who are heirs to a greater Kingdom, by even a greater selection from those whom never were. Rejoice in your Hope, a path laid to a promise. Think not of the mud on your shoes along the way, for the land to which you travel will not remember it.
Colossians 1:27 (ESV) – To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
Jer 29:11 (ESV) – For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Ephesians 1:18 (ESV) – having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints
1Cor 2:9 (ESV) – But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him”—
Taking It to Work:
Have you ever stopped to compare our lives with the lives of kings and emperors of long ago? The comforts and conveniences we have outdo even the great King Solomon. I always think of just a few starting with the first letter of the alphabet. Things in our day we would never want to give up, and Solomon never had: Air travel, air-conditioning and anesthetic. If we went through the rest of the alphabet, I bet we would find a hundred more things that Solomon would have paid a fortune to have, but likely never even imagined.
We can’t imagine either what God has in store for His children in the coming age. Not only are we already light years ahead of any generation before us for the best the world has to offer, but our destiny is even greater. Scripture says eye has not seen and no mind has even imagined, and yet what do we find ourselves doing way too much? Griping. Complaining. Looking at the imperfections of life, like that’s all there is to see.
We are blessed! Yes, for sure, the world could also be a much better place, and we may not ever have all the world would offer, but we have plenty, and according to the Bible, we have been called by name to have hope of so much more than the world could ever offer.
Turn off the news for a few days. The turmoil and instability will not be going anywhere soon, but at the same time, remember, in God’s big picture, it is all temporary and will be forgotten. Even the most horrible and difficult circumstances, personal and worldwide, fade with time and God’s plan and healing. Our journey is not about comfort and ease, it is about becoming the man or woman He has created and adopted us to be. He has given us breath and redeemed us for a destination that will make this earth look pale. We have the greatest hope of all people, and the greatest destination of all time.
Until then, we need to live and work as those who know that. Aim to enjoy this coming work week. Be a radiant and pleasant light in your workplace and in your home. He is continually with you, Monday through Sunday, as His Word works in you, today.
