Get Excited For What Is To Come

When was the last time you got excited about the things God has promised you?

Sometimes, when we’re in a season of waiting on God, we focus so much on the problem that we forget to celebrate the promise. You’re waiting on God to give you money, a job, a husband, a wife, to fund a particular project, to heal your body… but have you actually taken a moment to get excited about what God said He will do?

I’m currently in a season where I’m waiting on God to manifest a new job for me. I want to grow, and I desire a new position. Before, I used to spend so much time looking at the job I currently have and repeating in my heart:

“I hate this job.
I can’t wait for God to give me my new job.”

Not in a joyful, hopeful way — but in a frustrated, angry, anxious way.

Thoughts like:
“You don’t have a new job yet.”
“You still haven’t moved.”
“You didn’t get that last interview.”

Those thoughts would come, and immediately I would feel anxious and sad. Then, instead of consulting God or praying, I would rush online and start searching for jobs out of panic, not faith. I wouldn’t find anything I liked, I’d feel more anxious, and the cycle of doubt would get stronger.

It’s important to analyze your thoughts.
Your thoughts are spiritual battles.

There are thoughts that propel you to success, and there are thoughts that push you toward fear and defeat.

For example:

• Thought: “I still don’t have the job I want.”

• Emotion: anxiety, sadness, pressure.

• Action: job search from a place of fear and frustration.

• Result: more doubt, more discouragement.

But deep down, what I really desire is not to be upset, doubtful, and fearful of what God is going to do. I’m supposed to be excited, because I already prayed about this issue, and I know God heard me.

So now I’ve started being very intentional about the thoughts I entertain.

Instead of:

“I don’t have a job yet.”

I’m learning to think:

“God is working on aligning me with the right place.”
“God is preparing the right job for me.”
“Even while I’m waiting, my bills are paid, I’m provided for, and I have enough.”

These are the thoughts I should be entertaining.

I’m not saying you shouldn’t apply for jobs — of course you should. But you don’t need to apply for 100,000 positions in anxiety. God already knows the one job where you will thrive. He is not confused. He’s not going to have you wander endlessly. He is God.

So while I’m waiting for callbacks and interviews, I should be excited. I should be excited for the new thing He’s doing. Excited about the doors He is opening. Excited about the growth that’s coming.

The Holy Spirit really convicted me about this:
“Get excited.”

So I took time to write down my thoughts and opinions. Because that’s what a thought is: an opinion or idea about something.

Your thoughts and opinions must align with the goals you’re asking God to fulfill.

If you want to get married, don’t entertain thoughts like:

“I’m too old.”
“I’m too ugly.”
“No one will ever choose me.”
“Things never work out for me.”

Those thoughts are against what you’re praying for.

You cannot entertain those inner words and then go to God in prayer, expecting miracles. Your thoughts must agree with your prayers.

Instead, your thoughts should sound like:

“God is preparing the right partner for me.”
“I am loved, chosen, and worthy in God’s eyes.”
“My story is not over.”

Whatever you are asking God for — a house, a business, healing, a project — don’t spend your mental energy meditating on problems like:

“It’s too expensive.”
“The market is bad.”
“No one like me gets that.”

You should be saying:

“God will provide.”
“I’m excited for the house God is preparing for me.”
“I can’t wait to decorate my kitchen.”
“I can’t wait to testify about how God did it.”

Start speaking life into your inner being.
Speak life with your words.
Speak life with your thoughts.

Do not entertain thoughts that contradict what you’re praying for. Those thoughts will create doubt, especially during the waiting season.

Because once you’ve asked God, He is now watching:
Will you trust Him?
Will you stay in faith?
Or will you panic and take matters into your own hands?

Sometimes God is testing:
“Will she submit to My will, or will she panic?”

And when we panic, the Holy Spirit in His mercy gives us gentle reminders:

“You prayed for this.
Wait in patience.
Wait in hope.
Wait in faith.”

Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

So I encourage you today:

• Analyze your thoughts.

• Replace the fearful ones with faith-filled ones.

• Get excited about the future God has for you.

A beautiful future is coming — because God loves you.