Sunsets are another reminder of God's faithfulness to me and the fulfillment of another great day and hope for tomorrow.
What is hope? It is an expensive attribute and one that can often take years to build, that is when we are talking about something rock solid and something that gives us absolute confidence, not wishy washy like “well, I hope so…”. There is certainly the wishful thinking side of things, but then there is the biblical definition.
It is the confident expectation of what God
has promised and its strength is in His faithfulness.
Hope’s strength is the strength of the person's
desire and how they look forward with expectation to what God has in
store. We can so easily be swayed by our
feelings and our perception of how things will turn out that can cloud our
judgement and make us weak and volatile.
Call it a singular focus, a heart locked
in, a mind engaged that moves us closer to where God longs us to be. He never wanted us to doubt His
goodness. He wants us to believe for
breakthrough, a miracle .
I love how The Passion translation unpacks
Romans 15:13
Now may God, the inspiration and fountain
of hope, fill you to overflowing with uncontainable joy and perfect peace as
you trust in him. And may the power of the Holy Spirit continually surround
your life with his super-abundance until you radiate with hope!
If there was ever a verse to pray over
yourself and others, this is it! The
verse crushes fear and it destroys doubt where we really lock into the promise
of uncontainable joy, perfect peace, super abundance and radiating with
hope. I mean, really, this is the kind
of person I want to be when people meet me.
I know I’m known pretty well by my laugh, but I also want others to know
that my joy comes from a deeper place and I’m learning to rest more and more in
what He is doing and less about what I’m striving to become.
What is the sentence of hope that you need
right now?
In desperation I will be set up for a new
revelation from the LORD
Out of the biggest mess, He can create the
greatest miracle
God is preparing me for the miracle of
empathy.
God shows us who we are by what He has
brought us through.
We know enough about the LORD to get
through this valley.
He makes me lie down in green pastures and
sometimes to get us to green pastures, he needs me to stop!
Stop wasting today's strength on tomorrow's
problems.
God is already in my tomorrow.
The word wait in the Bible is also
translated into hope. A classic verse
that I committed to memory in my youth was Isaiah 40:28-31
Do
you not know?
Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
and his understanding no one can fathom.
He gives strength to the weary
and increases the power of the weak.
Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;
but those who hope in
the Lord
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.
Here is what I have been sensing the LORD speaking
to me as I wait on Him…from my journal.
Jack, my son, be watchful and wait on
me. Step into my calling, be vigilant
and walk in your authority. Be
transformed by the renewing of your mind. Be strong in the LORD and in the
power of my might. Be a man who is full
of grace and truth. Trust in my way for
you and be led by the Holy Spirit.
I also have been really blessed by those who also love to lead people to a restored soul and I want to give a shout out to Jonathan Puddle and his 30 Day Devotional that has just be released. It is a book about practicing the presence of God and creating space to allow us to breathe in His life… just started but really excited about the journey He has me on.
