No matter what, I’ll hope in you to help me. Nothing will stop me from praising you to magnify your glory! Psalm 71:14 The Passion Translation
Hope perspective takes practice. It is a life-long habit that can be created through a continual process of recognizing that life goes on, joy returns and dark times enrich your life through adding depth and understanding.
The word that gets me in this scripture is ALWAYS. It is the same as the use of the word HOPE in the Bible. Every single time it is the “confident expectation of a God outcome no matter what it looks like right now.” You have received the download of the goodness of the Lord during the night hours. This wisdom puts a frame around every event of the day.
As you begin to look for solutions you reject the mental attack of the possibility of doom and gloom. Instead, it’s all about advance and light. You are no longer afraid of the dark that surrounds as you prepare to break through the barriers and lies that are holding you back.
Living with this level of hope takes consistency and determination to continue to say – “on the positive side.” You truly only have one consistent choice every day – your perspective.
Important Questions to Answer for the HOPE Infusion
Do you feel like hope is elusive and never to be regained?
What are ways that you can hope continually even in the darkest places?
What will your attitude be?
What is God’s perspective in this calamity?
What great lessons are coming my way from this challenge?
What is the unprecedented opportunity that was absent before this happened?
Prayer
Lord, I am so grateful for the challenges that I experienced in 2018 because they were preparing me for the new ones that are bigger than the last ones. You trust me to rise to the occasion and I know I will! I choose Your perspective above my own. In the darkest places of the recent past, You have been the steady light even when it was a tiny flame that felt like it could be blown out. Still, it never did because You were holding me. I thank You for the unprecedented opportunities that are opening up as a result of the path I have followed to continue to pursue Your presence. You have proven this verse to me because You have helped me regardless of the situation. This year, I will not stop praising You and believing that you will magnify your name to show Your Glory. In Jesus’ name. Amen
HOPE Actions
Reframe your negative experiences as blessings.
Reach out to those you need to forgive for your own sake.
Speak positive words into hopeless situations in your circle of family and acquaintances.
Believe for your HOPE BREAKTHROUGH!
Flip the HOPE switch.