Day 127 – No matter the hurt, no matter the heartache, I will Hope in Him.
Today’s Reading: Job 13 – 15
Job 14:7-9 “At least there is hope for a tree:If it is cut down, it will sprout again,and its new shoots will not fail. Its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump die in the soil, yet at the scent of water it will bud and put forth shoots like a plant.”
Job, in his lowest moments, looked at a tree and saw hope. The tree could be cut down to its stump, but as long as its roots found water, a new tree would bud and new limbs would grow. Job recognized what we should see too, that the tree has hope to be new again and we can have this same hope in Christ.
Jesus said, “Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.” By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.” John 7:38-39.
The Holy Spirit has now been given to us when Jesus was glorified through His death, burial, and resurrection. In our belief in Him we have hope of salvation and eternity. Even when we are banged on, bruised up, cut down, and hurting, we still have eternal life and full restoration available to us. We just need to have Faith in Jesus Christ as Our Savior, not just words and not just works, but full belief where our Faith is magnified by our actions.
James 2:17-18 “In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. But someone will say, “You have faith; I have deeds.”Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds.”
When Job’s life was falling apart, one limb at a time, he still had hope.
Psalm 33:18-22 “But the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him,on those whose hope is in his unfailing love, to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine. We wait in hope for the Lord;he is our help and our shield. In him our hearts rejoice,for we trust in his holy name. May your unfailing love be with us, Lord,even as we put our hope in you.”
No matter what’s going on in your life right now, no matter how hard things have gotten, have Faith in our Lord and hope for your Future.
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