Good Morning All,
Romans 15:13; “May the God
of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so
that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”
It was the
phone call that every parent fears.
There had been a car accident.
Someone had run through a stop sign, never even slowed down. Neither car was recognizable. Six high school kids all together in the two
vehicles. Two were dead, three in
serious condition and one was flown to a larger hospital. When the parents of the one that was flown
out arrived at the hospital, the doctors sat down with them and had a rather
short discussion with them.
The doctors explained that
there was internal bleeding and massive head trauma. They would know more in a couple of days, but
the doctors told the parents, “there isn’t much hope.” That kind of a statement can be very
difficult to handle. No one wants to
hear that there is no hope. No one wants
to feel that all is lost. To lose hope
is to lose everything. That is why the
devil tries so hard to deprive you of hope, when you lose hope; you have
nothing.
That is what God gives us; he
gives us hope. He gives us hope because
we know that sin, the devil and even death do not hold us. They will take their swipes at us, but they
do not own us or control us. We have the
certainty of God’s promise of salvation.
We have God’s promise of life eternal with him. This is his guarantee. Eternal life with God living, celebrating,
and rejoicing in the perfect creation; that is what we have waiting for
us. The devil can never take that away
from us.
Even though bad things happen
to us, we always have hope. Hope in the
certainty of God’s eternal love. Hope is
the certainty of eternal life. That is
what we cling to. All those loved ones,
some we think left us too soon, will be reunited with us in heaven. We will share eternal life with all the
saints in the glory of God. We have
hope. The lies and the pain that the
devil throws at us are only attacks and not truths. We are never without hope. We will face the pain of this broken world;
sin causes pain, it always has, and it always will but it will not destroy
us. It will not take from us what God
gives us; sin will not take away our hope.
So even though there may be
times of pain and struggle, we can face them.
We can face them knowing that our heavenly Father is there with us. Keeping us in his arms as we face the battles
of this broken world. We face the fight,
but we are never alone, and we know that we will be with our loved ones again
when Christ returns, and we are all reunited with him in love and glory. We face the battles, but we face them with
the certainty of hope. We have hope that
God is love and his reign is eternal. We
have hope that our present pain is nowhere near our future glory. We have hope; we always have and always will.
Father of love, in you we
have hope. Help us to never lose sight
of this. Help us to always look to you
for our hope. We ask that you be with
those who feel that they have lost all hope.
Send your spirit of comfort and use us to bring the consolation which
they need. In Jesus’ precious name we
pray, amen.
God’s Peace,
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