When we awaken each day, we can come expecting good things. Today is the day you can start believing something good is going to happen to you. Why? Because God is working in your life right now, and when you get your breakthrough, it will be because God has been working all along behind the scenes.
When I awaken in the morning, I come expecting good things.
Psalm 5:3: In the morning, Lord, You hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before You and wait expectantly.
I start my day with prayer. I thank Him for all the blessings in my life, bring my requests before Him, and pray on my morning prayer call. Every day, as we open our eyes to a new day, we need to come expecting good things and know all things are possible with God.
I can’t help but think of my mom, who lived to be in her nineties. She was legally blind the last few years of her life and could only walk with the help of a walker. Yet she woke up each day with a heart overflowing with gratitude, expecting good things. She was so grateful for my sister Alison and Jeff, who she lived with, and her grandson David, who thought nothing of giving up his room for her to stay in, and her grandson Jeffery, who always brought joy to her life. My brother Eddie would come down to visit, play his guitar, and sing songs she never tired of listening to. She looked forward to Ethel, one of her caretakers, who would come and pray with her. And Patty was also one of her caregivers. Patty would have lengthy conversations with her as she shared stories from her life. She loved the time I spent with her. I would wrap her in her favorite robe after her shower. I now wrap myself in that robe, and it brings back sweet memories of my mom. On my days off, we would go for an outing or lunch; she still loved to shop.
She always woke up expecting something good to happen. It would have been easy to reflect on the quality of life she no longer had, but instead, she focused on all she had to be grateful for and came expecting good things. As a devout Christian woman, she knew God is good, and He wants to do something wonderful in your life every day, but you have to be ready and come expecting it.
What a wonderful example my mom set for me in my life with her unwavering faith and her humble attitude of gratitude and thanksgiving. She lived her life to the fullest during the many seasons of her life. So every day, as we open our eyes, we need to come expecting good things, knowing God is right there with us. As you awaken each day, declare, “God is good, and something good is going to happen to me today.”
God is looking and longing for someone who is waiting for Him to be good to them. God wants to be good to you, but you have to come expecting Him to move in your life. Remember what is written in Isaiah 30:18: The Lord longs to be gracious to you; therefore He will rise up to show you compassion. For God is a God of justice, and blessed are all who wait on Him.
So each day, when you open your eyes, remember to look up to the heavens and remember all things are possible with God. His love, His guidance, His favor, and miracles are all there, but you have to come expecting.
Psalm 5:3: In the morning, Lord, You hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before You and wait expectantly.