Psalm 5:12 For You, O Lord, will bless the righteous; With favor You will surround him as with a shield.
I was looking at a blank page in my notebook and I had this thought: Our lives are like that blank page when we wake up in the morning because it's a fresh new day and new opportunities are waiting.
Then I realised the page isn't blank at all because God has already written "Loved and Blessed By God, Surrounded by the Favour of God" at the top of the page! So no matter what may or may not happen we can know for sure that God still loves us and we are still walking in His favour because His word says so. Praise God for that!
Some of what happens after we put our feet to the floor in the morning is up to us and what our attitude will be. We get to choose - to be happy or grumpy, optimistic because God has a good plan for us, or pessimistic, stuck in regrets of the past, fearing the future, or expecting a God blessed day.
I've put this little bear on to help us wake up with a smile today. We've probably all heard the saying 'Attitude determines our Altitude'. In other words if we have a good attitude we'll come up higher and be a blessing to others and be able to receive all God's goodness. But when we have a bad attitude (and we've all been there I'm sure) then we seem to draw the negative things to us and we tend to pull everyone down with us.
So my encouragement today is to choose before we begin the day to have an upbeat attitude, having a great expectation of good because God is a good God. And yes, we know not everyday is going to be all sunlight and roses but we also know that God is in it with us, that He's promised to turn it round for our good and we're just seeing things half way through the story.
Whatever stage our story is at, no matter what has been or not been so far, let's keep fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and Finisher of our faith because He's the One who can rewrite our story if we'll let Him and we will see the goodness of God in the land of the living. (Psalm 27:13)
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