Zechariah 9:12 Come back to the place of safety, all you prisoners who still have hope! I promise this very day that I will repay two blessings for each of your troubles.
Godly hope is a certain expectation of good based on God's word and promises, it's not some airy fairy thing, so my question to myself and you is, are we walking in Godly hope or just worldly hope where it's down to chance? The Nkjv in that verse says 'Return to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope.' I like the idea of being a prisoner of Godly hope, it wont let us go!
Romans 15:13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit wants you and me to abound, or overflow, with hope - with a certain expectation of God's goodness to us. He wants us to be looking to the New Year, not with dread or fear, but with the knowledge that God has good plans and purposes for us, that He is going to repay us with double blessings for our troubles that we've had, whatever they may be.
Paul encourages us in the Romans verse to know that God will fill us with all joy and peace as we keep believing, trusting and expecting good from Him by the power of the Holy Spirit.
When something is filled it means there's no room for anything else doesn't it and that's what God wants for us with no room for fears, or worries or anxious thoughts. As we said yesterday He wants that old wallpaper taking down!
Instead let's allow our God of Hope to fill us up with His great expectation of good and fill us up with His joy and peace in believing, and let's remember to be believing for those double blessings He's promised too.😊
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