From Mornings with Tess – August 19, 2025
Beloved, as I prayed over you this morning, I sensed there are some beginning this day feeling fragile… broken… barely hanging on. Before I go any further — let me say this tenderly: I know I am stepping onto sacred ground. And I am treading lightly here.
What Father made very clear in my heart is this: this is not the end — it is the beginning of a new chapter.
He’s Turning the Ship — Even If You Can’t Feel It Moving Yet
I saw an image in prayer of an ocean liner — a massive ship — turning in the middle of the sea. With no island, no shoreline, no visual reference point, you couldn’t even tell the change in direction was happening. But it was.
Some of you are in that exact moment.
You’re turning, even when it doesn’t look like anything is shifting.
“What was meant for evil God is turning for good.” — Genesis 50:20
“No weapon formed against you will prosper.” — Isaiah 54:17
Hold on, my love. The Father is at work — and the enemy’s grip will not last.
What If… Everything Truly Is Working for Your Good?
Over this past year, I’ve learned to ask myself a simple little question that breaks the pattern of fear:
“What if everything is working together for my good?”
Not what if it all falls apart… but what if it actually all works out?
What if there is a divine conspiracy to bless you unfolding behind the scenes?
A Cornell University study found that 85% of what people worry about never happens. And even when it does, 79% said they handled it better than expected or grew through it. That means 97% of what we fear is either unrealized or less severe than we imagined.
And that’s just for the world.
Beloved — we belong to a covenant far greater.
“Meanwhile, the moment we get tired in the waiting, God’s Spirit is right alongside helping us… Every detail in our lives of love for God is worked into something good.” — Romans 8:26–28 (MSG)
Shift from Probabilities to Possibilities
When fear comes knocking, whisper “What if everything works out for me?”
It will open you to the realm of possibility and shift you from bracing for disaster… to expecting miracles.
Don’t feed the weapon with fear — starve it with praise.
Be like Paul when the snake bit him in Acts 28 — shake it off and suffer no ill effects. You are seated with Christ (Ephesians 2:6). You operate from victory, not toward it.
Journal Prompts:
- What negative outcome have you been bracing yourself for?
- What if… God is already reversing it for good?
- What would it look like to start expecting His goodness today?
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Beloved, meditate on this today:
“What if everything really is working together for my good?”
Let hope rise — a joyful expectation that good is coming to you… because your Father keeps His promises.
