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What Hope Do We Have?

Friday July 2, 2021

 Life is a journey and from its beginning to its end we are all influenced by the environment we live in. When we were old enough to choose our own way, our choices were likely impacted by what went on in our journey to that point in our life. What hope do we have, when what was sown into the early years of our life, is what we may be reaping today?


Lord, you know the hopes of the helpless. Surely you will hear their cries and comfort them. You will bring justice to the orphans and the oppressed, so mere people can no longer terrify them.  (Psalm 10:17-18 NLT)



When we first gave our will and life over to the care of God we knew little, if anything, about God’s ways. Our known ways and actions were like chains that bound and enslaved us to a life that was totally unmanageable. The only hope we have of eliminating our bondage is to unchain our mind from our actions and with God’s help release ourselves from our former slave master.  We need to keep saying no to the old path that dominates our thinking and continue treading the new path back to life. Each time we make that choice the new path will become more firm under our feet and our old ways will more and more be left behind.

 Lead me by your truth and teach me, for you are the God who saves me.  All day long I put my hope in you.  (Psalm 25:5 NLT)



The scriptures tell us to have faith in God even when we are unable to see the way forward.  The measure of our faith is the hope we have in the power, faithfulness, and love of God to strengthen us as we tread the pathway of the will of God for our lives.  God will make a way for us to persevere through and live the life plan He has prepared in advance for us. 

 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. (Hebrews 11:1 NIV)

 


Prayer:  Heavenly Father, My old ways need to be axed. Your word gives me hope to move forward in my life.  Please strengthen me to tread the new path You have marked out for me.  Amen

 

 

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