Hope

I just finished reading a news article about the jump in the unemployment rate... pretty high! On top of that the stock market is tanking again. I just had to close the news site. Way too much 'bad news'. It'll pull you down if you let it.

This led to another thought... where do people go for hope? If you look around, most of the people you cross paths with everyday do not follow Jesus. The bible says hope deferred makes the heart sick... lot's of sick people! Then I thought of all of the people I know who do follow God... who are asking the same questions and saying the same things that the sick people are asking... stuff like, 'I don't know what we will do' or 'what if ....?' Then I got really fired up... what ever happened to believing God or faith that God can provide? 

This provoked me to think of something else... what if we're just as sick as the rest because we no longer know where to get our hope from? This would be a sad state for the church to be in... surely we haven't forgotten that our help comes from God! Listen, no trial is pleasant when you are going through it, but when you come through it your faith is pure... kind of like gold in the fire Peter wrote. Perhaps just a little turn of the head and see God for who He is... He really deserves it. Our hope is in God... not in man. Our hope is in God... he still can do all things and nothing is impossible for Him! This crisis time in which the church now lives 'around the world' can be the greatest opportunity ever afforded us if we'll see it through eyes of faith... if we'll seek Him... if we will believe. We can scatter in the winds of crisis or know that our anchor is in the One seated in the highest place... where winds don't blow. We can turn our worst fears into steps of faith that impact others for eternity and give them the true hope. Our hope in the One that was dead, but now lives, can make the difference if we'll share it. It really is only a decision away.

Where do you go for hope?

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[Toni Sehon]

Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.

This is the way I see it. Regardless of how it all plays out on the world scene, He is FAITHFUL & WILL TAKE CARE OF ME! I have nothing to fear.

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