PRISONER OF HOPE

A Promise from my God:

Zechariah 9:12

Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even

today do I declare that I will render double unto thee;

GOD’s MESSAGE FOR ME TODAY

In this life, I will have unexpected problems. That though,

I do my best to take care of my things, one morning my keys
will be missing. In spite of doing my best to be a defensive
driver, someone will cut me on the road. And however I try to
behave, someone will do something that might make me lose
control… if I let it.

When things get difficult, it’s easy for me to want to give

up. It’s easy to get down and feel discouraged. It’s easy to blow
my top and just go back to the old mean me. But, that’s not
God’s plan for me.

God wants me to be so full of hope, so full of expectancy

that I just can’t help believing for the best. He wants me to be
a prisoner not of anything negative but a prisoner of hope in
Him! And when I am a prisoner of something, it’s like I am
chained to it. In other words, I can’t get away from it.

In the past I was a prisoner of my tears, a prisoner of

worries, and a prisoner of doubts. I said “Nothing good will
ever happen to me anymore.” “It’s just been too long, I don’t
think of my situation is going to get any better.” I found I was
chained to the wrong things, until God knocked me on my
head and made me realize that I needed to break those chains
and become a prisoner of His hope.

That means, that no matter how long it’s taking, no

matter how impossible it looks, your attitude and my attitude
should be, “I believe in a Sovereign God. I trust the Almighty
God. I do my best to obey His will and His Word. And so I
know it’s going to work out fine as He promised. By His grace,
I know I’m going to overcome. I may already be waiting a
long time, but I know this too shall pass. It may be difficult,
but I believe that means I’m closer to my victory for being a
prisoner of Hope in Christ!”

MY PRAYER FOR TODAY:

Father, thank You that though I am a prisoner, I could be

a prisoner of Your hope when I choose to. Please help me to
wrap myself in that hope and attach myself to it regardless of
all the discouragements that may come my way. Help me to
believe and expect that as You promised, You will bless mw
with twice of all that I have lost and were taken away from
me. Thank You for everything You are doing in and through
me. Thank You that I can always put my faith and hope in
You no matter how bad things in my life, in Jesus’ name.
Amen!