I rise before dawn and cry for help; I have put my hope in your word. Psalm 119:147
Hope is a breath of confidence whispered into a breaking heart. It is the resounding sense that maybe things can be different amidst torrential emotional tirades. Hope brings about the possibility that love could reign in our hearts once again. Hope is the truth that confident expectation is indeed worth having when placed in the power of the cross.
I love hoping in things. I love hoping in people. I want the best for all opportunities that arise and every person I meet. But the only place my hopes are safe is in His Word.
At times, I wish everything we hoped for was to be. That once we dreamed something, it would immediately pop up on our wish list as granted. If God was a magic wand God…
But He rarely operates in such hasty fashion. And I am grateful.
Many times the things I have wished for have been replaced with reality that far surpasses my wish.
I wished for healing…He brought redemption. I wished for a sip of water…He gave me the well. I wished for relief…He gave me opportunities to serve.
He takes my paltry wishes, often self-centered striving, and turns them into greatness for His Kingdom.
He makes my simplistic wish into something worth having, and my heart is renewed in the process. When I hope in Him it hits the pavement in ways beyond my imagination. He takes the desires of my heart, my mind, and makes them obedient to His will so that they may become a manifestation of His glory.
We all want things. At times we wonder why? Or why not? And we want a hasty magic wand Jesus to answer in an instant. But we have to trust the Master…
We can’t see the big picture. He can.
Instead of anxious frustration, could we allow our hopes to be shaped by the Master? The One who sees the canvas?
We are limited to such a small snippet of the painting. How can we know what we really need?
But God sees everything. Please Lord, bring our hearts desire in line with Your presence . Let us find ourselves dancing under a love that’s everlasting, hope brimming from buckets of trust, hoping in the Only Hope worth having.
This brought tears to my eyes, yes we have to trust Him. I repeat that daily sometimes hourly even. We are only a tiny piece of the puzzle. Leaning on his understanding and not my own is so hard but thats the key. Thanks for your words!
Lisa, I want to encourage you to read PSalm 119: 145-152. Keep on being persistent and as you seek and call on the Lord, and girl He delivers in amazing ways!!!! Keep hoping in Him sweet sister!!!
Thank You for this!
Really needed it today!!
May you be truly blessed in all you do,
Kind regards,
Tanya Cochrane
Banking Channels Support Centre
Tel: (087) 736 2383, Cell: 079 710 6447
Email: tcochrane@fnb.co.za
Hope – what a topic for this morning – one that I needed to read. It is easy to place hope in other than Our Lord and Savior and wonder why disappointment sets in. Thank you for penning this devotion, for allowing the Holy Spirit to work thru you for His Glory. Yes, this spoke loud and timely to my head and heart. Blessings on this day in and for Our Lord.
I really needed this message today, Actually, I seem to need this message most days. I struggle often with what is. I find my reality had to take. I pray and ask God to show me what I’m doing wrong that keeps change from coming into my home. I sometime feel such discouragement and today was one of those days. There has been one argument after another and I was tired. You refreshed me and reminded me of some things. I must lean on the Holy Spirit more and more.