“May the God of hope FILL YOU WITH ALL JOY AND PEACE as you trust in Him, so that you may OVERFLOW WITH HOPE by the power of the Holy Spirit. (Rom. 15:13) I thank you Abba Father that we can ALWAYS trust in you!! “May integrity and uprightness protect me, because MY HOPE, LORD, IS IN YOU.” (Psa. 25:21) When our hope is in the Lord, we are anchored in joy! “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the LORD…As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish…so is my word that goes out from my mouth…It will not return to me empty…YOU WILL GO OUT IN JOY AND BE LED FORTH IN PEACE; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.” (Isa. 55:8-12) When we are totally submitted to the Lord He causes nature to respond! Our Abba Father loves our obedience, just listen for the beautiful sounds! “For the kingdom of God is…RIGHTEOUSNESS, PEACE AND JOY in the Holy Spirit, because anyone who serves Christ in this way IS PLEASING TO GOD AND RECEIVES HUMAN APPROVAL.” (Rom. 14:17-18) Not only do we please the Lord, but the people in our lives are blessed as well BY OUR OBEDIENCE!
WE MAY OVERFLOW WITH HOPE, GO OUT IN JOY AND BE LED FORTH IN PEACE!
-Bill Stockham