We begin with Jeremiah 32:40-41: I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them. 25:14-30) while resting in God’s providence for us. We must have a can-do attitude.ĭr Charley Lynn Chase in "Fueling Optimism about God: Bible Verses that Help You Stay a Grace-Focused Optimist" We’re optimistic in those plans: seeking to multiply the “talents” God has given us (Matt. So, we make our plans submitted to the sovereign decree of God. Instead you ought to say, ‘If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that.’ But now you boast in your arrogance. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. We live in light of James 4: “Come now, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit’ whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. Optimism drives how we plan and make decisions.Īt the same time, we must recognize we’re living under the sovereign and providential hand of God. We suffer, life is hard sometimes, but Christians should basically be optimistic because God has redeemed us, has given us things to do, and is with us in those endeavors. Part of how we navigate the world God’s given us is through right thinking and right attitude. But the meek shall inherit the earth and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil. F or evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth. Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday. Commit thy way unto the Lord trust also in him and he shall bring it to pass. Delight thyself also in the Lord: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Trust in the Lord, and do good so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. 37 Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
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