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Friday,
July 10,
2020
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"Overflowing
With Hope"
Message
summary: As a follower of Christ, claiming His
promises, when trials come we can say: "I belong to
Christ and have His promises, which means things
around me may be freaking out but I'm not."
Listen
to this message on your audio player."Yet
this I call to mind and therefore I have hope"
(Lamentations 3:21). "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" (Romans 15:13).
YouTube
and other services use ads to provide their "free"
content. Many are annoying but usually you have to
wait a few seconds before you can watch the video
you requested. We are presently bombarded by ads for
"The Piano Guy" pitching his online piano
teaching
course.
But
some ads are rather entertaining such as one we've
been seeing that advertises a home warranty service.
A lady turns on her faucet and water gushes out all
over her and her home. Rather than the expected
panic she just smiles and everything is OK since she
has the warranty service (see 30 second video here).When
the faucet sprays out she says, "I'm a member of
American Home Shield, which means this faucet may be
freaking out but I'm not."
Sometimes
the unexpected and unwelcome problems of life come
at you like a gushing, overflowing faucet. We can
have the same joy, peace and hope as the woman in
the commercial portrays through the promises in the
Bible which are altogether trustworthy (based on the
many negative reviews cannot be said for the home
warranty company!)
As a
follower of Christ, claiming His promises, when
trials come we can say something similar to the ad:
"I belong to Christ and have His promises, which
means things around me may be freaking out but I'm
not."
We
challenge you to remember just three powerful words:
"I have hope". These are three of the most assuring
words in the entire Bible that you can easily
memorize. Hide them deep in your heart so that you,
like Jeremiah, can recall them during a time of
adversity or despair.
Jeremiah uttered these words while in the very midst of one of the most horrendous scenes in human history at the fall of the kingdom, the burning of Jerusalem and the forced exile into Babylon. Just prior to this verse he sums up his despair with these words, "My soul is downcast within me". He surely was experiencing tremendous adversity, maybe even despair.
The spiritual truths reserved in Jeremiah’s heart were temporarily forgotten as he looked upon the heap of human rubble that surrounded him. But finally he reached down deep into his heart and recalled the immutable character of God’s faithfulness, "Yet this I call to mind therefore I have hope". His immediate circumstances didn’t improve; they actually worsened. But Jeremiah’s focus went from trying to fix impossible circumstances in his limited wisdom and power and redirected it to the unending hope that comes through God’s steadfast care.
In the verses that follow he identifies the immutable character of God as the source of this hope highlighting three specific attributes as expressed in verses 22 & 23: "Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness."
1) The Lord’s great love.
2) The Lord’s unfailing compassions that are new every morning.
3) The Lord’s great faithfulness.
As our focus is directed to God and a consideration of His immutable character we are filled with joy and peace which enables us to "overflow with hope". Isn’t that a wonderful spiritual state of mind that we want to experience! It’s how I want to live emotionally. The word “overflow” has the sense to “superabound”. Picture a bucket that is filled and the contents are continuously being replenished and constantly overflowing.
“Hope”- this word so often has the sense of mere wishful thinking in the English. But in the Bible it has the sense of “absolute certainty” or “assured confidence”. That’s the kind of hope the “God of hope” offers to the trusting believer. Today may each of you experience this overflowing hope in your life as you trust in the Lord!
In whatever situation we are encountering we all, like Jeremiah, can declare, “I have hope!”
Be encouraged today,
Stephen & Brooksyne Weber
Jeremiah uttered these words while in the very midst of one of the most horrendous scenes in human history at the fall of the kingdom, the burning of Jerusalem and the forced exile into Babylon. Just prior to this verse he sums up his despair with these words, "My soul is downcast within me". He surely was experiencing tremendous adversity, maybe even despair.
The spiritual truths reserved in Jeremiah’s heart were temporarily forgotten as he looked upon the heap of human rubble that surrounded him. But finally he reached down deep into his heart and recalled the immutable character of God’s faithfulness, "Yet this I call to mind therefore I have hope". His immediate circumstances didn’t improve; they actually worsened. But Jeremiah’s focus went from trying to fix impossible circumstances in his limited wisdom and power and redirected it to the unending hope that comes through God’s steadfast care.
In the verses that follow he identifies the immutable character of God as the source of this hope highlighting three specific attributes as expressed in verses 22 & 23: "Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness."
1) The Lord’s great love.
2) The Lord’s unfailing compassions that are new every morning.
3) The Lord’s great faithfulness.
As our focus is directed to God and a consideration of His immutable character we are filled with joy and peace which enables us to "overflow with hope". Isn’t that a wonderful spiritual state of mind that we want to experience! It’s how I want to live emotionally. The word “overflow” has the sense to “superabound”. Picture a bucket that is filled and the contents are continuously being replenished and constantly overflowing.
“Hope”- this word so often has the sense of mere wishful thinking in the English. But in the Bible it has the sense of “absolute certainty” or “assured confidence”. That’s the kind of hope the “God of hope” offers to the trusting believer. Today may each of you experience this overflowing hope in your life as you trust in the Lord!
In whatever situation we are encountering we all, like Jeremiah, can declare, “I have hope!”
Be encouraged today,
Stephen & Brooksyne Weber
Daily
prayer: Father, I have
hope because I’ve anchored my faith in Your Holy
Word and the unchanging character of who You
are. It is not the circumstances of my day
that will determine my eternal future, but it is the
hope I have in Jesus Christ, the Redeemer of my
soul, that overrides the temporal and potentially
discouraging matters that lie before me. Thank You
for watching over me and responding to all that
concerns me this day. Amen.Today's Suggested Music and Supplemental Resources
"The God of Hope (Romans 15:13)" Video Hosanna! Music
"Living
Hope" Video Calvary Church
Choir, Orchestra and congregation. From the last
Easter service in church (2019)
"Prisoner of Hope" Video Gaither Vocal Band
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Scripture references are from The Holy Bible: New International Version. © 1984 by International Bible Society; NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, Copyright © 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. and the King James Version.
Personal Mission Statement: "I am created by God to bring Him glory. Through God's Son Jesus Christ I have been redeemed and make it my life's goal to please the Lord. My mission in life is to honor God through my faith and obedience and prepare myself and all whom I may influence for eternity."
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