I will see the goodness of the Lord

This morning I keep thinking about this scripture from Psalm 27:13:

"I remain confident of this:

I will see the goodness of the Lord

in the land of the living"

I wonder if this is more a present reality on a daily basis if we choose to, rather than something we are waiting to see? If we have the mind of Christ and everything He made is good, then we should be seeing according to the mind of Christ so therefore everything is good?

I wonder if our mindset is one, if you are anything like me, we are programmed by the worlds ways to see the negative, rather than the positive. And so we need to train ourselves and discipline ourselves to see the good in everything. To take captive every thought that does not line up to Christ, means to take captive those things that do not speak life, hope and future over ourselves and others.

So I wonder and am coming to believe, that we have a choice today to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living, not something I am waiting to see but living in and seeing the truth of what we are living in.

A promise in scripture that keeps coming back to me at the moment of what will accompany us in choosing to love and follow the Lord.

Deut 28:2-14

"All these blessings will come on you and accompany you if you obey the Lord your God:

You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.

The fruit of your womb will be blessed and the crops of your land and the young of your livestock - the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.

Your basket and your kneading trough will be blessed.

You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.

The Lord will grant that the enemies who rise up against you will be defeated before you.

They will come at you from one direction but flee from you in seven.

The Lord will send a blessing on your barns and on everything you put your hand to.

The Lord your God will bless you in the land he is giving you.

The Lord will establish you as his holy people, as he promised you on oath, .....

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v12 The Lord will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many naitions but will borrow from none. The Lord will make you the head, not the tail."

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