Life is good

"If you want to enjoy life and see many happy days, keep your tongue from speaking evil and your lips from telling lies." ~ 1 Peter 1:10

While shopping, recently, I saw a cap with the words "Life is good" written across the front! It caught my attention so strongly that I had to purchase it. As I became the new owner of this novelty cap, somehow, it brought to me a thought of joy and happiness that has captivated my mind. As I researched this slogan, I found the cap was created by a New England based apparel and accessories brand, best known for its optimistic apparel. In 1989 brothers, Bert and John Jacobs began this company, by selling T-shirts out of an old van at colleges and street fairs along the East Coast of America.

Are you seeking the "good-life" of our culture or the "good-life" that God offers? The good life that God offers involves having: 1.) The right attitude. 2.) The right response. 3.) The right standard, and 4.) The right incentive! Following these principles for successful living will produce a hope in you that no enemy could ever possibly steal out of your heart. The hope that God has given to each of us can fill us with joy even in the worst of circumstances!

Just think of the new life God has given to us! With that new life comes a new hope we never had prior to accepting Christ as our Lord. Hope is the eager, confident expectation of the life to come! Our hope is "living!" It's a hope based on the resurrection of Christ, because Christ is living. C. S. Lewis said, "Do not let your happiness depend on something you may lose."

Life is good, because we have spiritual protection! The picture of our protection is that of a fortress. We are inside! Outside, the evil-forces are assaulting us. Nevertheless, on the perimeter is the overwhelming force of "the power of God." Daily, We have to  pray for divine protection for our family and for ourself and, if there is any evil plot that is set against us, we should ask God to send His warring angels to terminate that plan. God Almighty, Himself, is the One who protects us! You see, my Friend, knowing that God is for you, with you, and in you brings security and peace of mind that will cause you to declare. . . "Life is good!"