Life-Giving Words of Hope & Encouragement

During my time with God this morning, I meditated on Joshua 1:8, specifically how faith/fear and trust/worry are two sides of the same coin. They both ask us to believe in something we can’t see, and when we feed one, we starve the other, just like our flesh and spirit battle. Worry is meditating. It’s letting the negative play again and again in our minds. The problem occurs when we meditate on the wrong things, like allowing the negative to continually play in our minds. We must learn to change the channel to switch what we’re meditating on? It doesn’t take more energy to believe in God’s promises than worrying about what we can’t control. This one minor tweak can make a life-changing difference. Instead of going through the day worried about our future, wondering how we will make it, make this declaration instead: “Father, thank You that You have me in the palms of Your hands. Thank You for the promise that the path of the righteous, my path, is getting brighter and brighter. I know that You’re ordering my steps. You say no good thing will You withhold because I walk uprightly.” Instead of defeating you, draining your energy, and limiting your future, you’re using your thoughts to encourage you, empower you, and build your faith.