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I Have A Hope

Day 211

Reading: Lamentations 3:1 - Lamentations 5:22

A friend sent me a message after reading this blog a few days ago stating that the reason many cannot pray is all the issues people are facing. This friend continued to explain that one cannot focus on anything else when they are dealing with the challenges of life. As I read today's portion of Scripture my friends' words were ringing in my mind. We all feel as though God has forgotten us when we are going through challenges. Reading the Word of God gives one hope. Jeremiah stated that he had hope and for specific reasons.

Firstly, Jeremiah understood that God's compassion does not fail and results in His mercies being new on a daily basis. I don't know what mountain or giant is boasting in front of you that is making you feel hopeless and helpless. I have good news for you. You have a reason to hope that your situation will work out better than expected. You have a reason of the hope that a miracle with your name is in the mail of life. And the reason is that God's compassion cannot fail. It doesn't matter how bad your situation is, God's mercies will override your life and you will say like David in Psalms 23:6 that goodness and mercy follow me all the days of my life. 

Secondly,  God is faithful and Jeremiah chooses to declare that his hope in God. Jeremiah saw a correlation between hope and faith. Many believers don't understand that without hope faith cannot function. What is your expectation? Another way of asking this question is where is your hope to drive your faith? When you lurch your hope on the faithfulness of God the storm is calmer to ride.

The third reason is that Jeremiah understood that only God has the power to restore. Jeremiah in lamenting about the fall of Jerusalem, the pathetic state of the nation and the economy of the land he knew that only prayer to God would bring restoration Jeremiah understood that God is good to those who wait on Him. Jeremiah exhorts that we wait on God quietly and full of hope in God's ability to make true His Word. 

Search your heart and examine your ways, return to God and watch as He restores your shine in life. I see your star shining like never before. Don't lose hope. Keep hope alive!

Memory Verse: Lamentations 3:22-24

Decree:

Lamentations 3:25-26

The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him. It is good that one should hope and wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord. (italics mine)
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