All Our Hope in Him.
Posted on 31 Jan 2010
Psalm 25:3-5
3 No one who trusts in you will ever be disgraced,
but disgrace comes to those who try to deceive others.
4 Show me the right path, O Lord;
point out the road for me to follow.
5 Lead me by your truth and teach me,
for you are the God who saves me.
All day long I put my hope in you.
The message of ‘Hope‘ has been on our hearts recently. As we look at Haiti and the travesty that has brought despair and a sense of hopelessness for its future… as we continually hear of friends who has lost their jobs or cannot find work in this difficult economy … or hear of prayer requests for tiny little babies who have been given a terminal prognosis cutting their sweet life to just a few precious months… I have found it easy to be overcome with discouragement and defeat. Even as I prepare to move our little family across the ocean for mission work, having to completely trust the Lord for physical provision and wonder “How in the world will You provide for us, Lord?”… I have been challenged to look deep into my heart and examine where my hope and trust is rooted in.
Is my hope founded in…
Circumstance?
Seen Provision?
People?
My own ability?
His word promises us that those who trust in Him will not be put to shame. His word says that it is safe to hope in Him all the day long because He is the God…
Who Created the Universe
Who gave Abraham and Sarah a child even in their old age (not to mention Zechariah and Elizabeth too)
Parted the Red Sea
Fed Five Thousand Men and their Families with just 5 loaves and 2 Fish
Calmed the raging Wind and Waves in the midst of a mighty storm
Walked on water
Raised the Dead (including Himself )
Healed the sick (even those with a terminal prognosis)
Made the Blind See…the lame week walk…
Redeemed the outcasts…
Used the weak, the small, and timid to accomplish His mighty work…
Softened the hardest of hearts like Paul who was one of the early church’s greatest threats before the Lord met Him on the road to Damascus…
I mean, these are just a few things that our mighty Lord has done and continues to do. When I begin to remember all that He is done, I cannot help but be filled with HOPE. His word is a written record that our God IS good and can do anything. Even in my own life, I know I have a testimony in this. I am surprised at how often I forget that He has been mighty to save and if He has done it before, He can do it again.
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. (Hebrews 13:8)
Cool, huh? Really cool.
As I reflect on His incredible history of ‘doing the impossible‘, I encouraged to trust in Him and to put all my hope IN HIM. Jesus tells us in Matthew 19:26:
“With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
He said, ‘all things’… not ’some things’ or ‘most things’ but ‘ALL THINGS‘! Can Haiti ever be rebuilt and become a great nation whose hope and trust if founded in the Lord? YES! Can the Lord provide work and provision even in this shaky economy? YES! Can He heal those who have been given a terminal prognosis with little hope of survival? YES! YES! YES! I have to believe that my God is that good and that great, that all things are truly possible with Him. I know He doesn’t give lip-service. Psalm 33: 4: “For the word of the LORD is right and true; he is faithful in all he does.”
I like what it says in Psalm 77:11-13:
11 I will remember the deeds of the LORD;
yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago.
12 I will meditate on all your works
and consider all your mighty deeds.
13 Your ways, O God, are holy.
What god is so great as our God?
Who is as great as our God? He really is awesome. I am so glad that He has invited me to put all my hope in Him.
“Those who hope in the LORD
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint! “
Isaiah 40:31