But I will hope continually and will praise You yet more and more. Ps 71:14 (NKJV)
HOPE SERIES – PART 8
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Never lose hope. Never give up. Keep on going – just put one foot in-front of the other until you’re fit enough to break into a jog, and then keep on jogging until your muscles and breath are full enough to run headlong into the purposes and grace that God has for you. Make a decision to hope CONTINUALLY. Not just in the sunny times, in the happiness, the seasons of fortune and glory… but bring hope with you into the dark seasons, the damp and musty times of doubt and failure, through sickness and confusion… take hope into every season of your life.
Hope is continual – it's attached intrinsically to the person of Jesus, and remains with Him into eternity. Just as Jesus is in all things, through all things, and holds all things together (Col 1:16-17), hope is all around us all the time. So often we are blinded to it by the mess of life and the mundane of our day to day existence. Hope doesn’t reside on the highest mountain peak; it's not absent in deep dark valleys… but our awareness of it can be dictated to by these experiences.
Join with the writer of this Psalm who, just like you and I, encountered hardship, betrayal, felt anger and bitterness… and more… make a decision to HOPE CONTINUALLY. To praise no matter what. As the storm comes, be determined to hope and praise louder… as the sun shines, break forth into glorious song and grand declarations of God’s goodness and faithfulness.
Hope is our anchor, keeping us firm and secure. (Heb 6:19)
It’s available to the world – never exclusive, always inclusive. (Matt 12:21)
It's a hope we can trust – the weight of our lives will not overwhelm it. (Heb 10:23)
It will never run out – we can bank on it. (Lam 3:21)
It’s for now and always, we will grow into it. (Ps 131:3)
Hope and Jesus are one and the same. (Rom 15:13)
This kind of hope surrounds our lives like a strong fortress, captivating our hearts. (Ps 71:14)
It's a hope you can rely on, rest in, live from, trust and hold onto… it makes our lives buoyant with faith.
Take hold of this hope, and never let it go.
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