Spring is on the horizon. Everywhere I look life is beginning to awaken. Trees are budding, plants are pushing past the dead and the dirt to reveal the beautiful glimpse of fresh color, new hope. I love this time of year ALMOST as much as Fall.
But too often in life I see the storm. I fixate on the whirl of crazy, out-of-control
Just when I needed it most, this verse camped in my heart this week. In fact, I’ve linked to the entire passage for you HERE because it’s just too good.
May the God of HOPE fill you with all JOY and PEACE in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.”
Did you know that we not only have hope at our disposal, but that it is ABUNDANT? There is an eternally lasting amount of hope to be had, but you won’t find it by looking within yourself. Hope also won’t be found by latching onto the newest craze, self-help method, book, or politician. Hope doesn’t come from anything we can produce in and of ourselves. We see a broken and fallen world and desperately seek for the evidence of hope. In honest to God truth this world, without God, will remain broken and hopeless. That beautiful, sought after JOY and PEACE, the evidence of lived-in HOPE, is attainable only through belief that God and God alone is the source for hope, life, and salvation. God alone is the object of hope for everyone who has ever breathed a minute on this side of heaven. This is a hill-to-die on truth. An unshakeable foundation that must first be established before the storms that empty us can give way to the light and warmth of sunshine, life-breathing SON-shine.
I am taking this to the bank this week. I’m laying chaotic living down to stop, live patiently and be at rest. I’m expectantly waiting in HOPE for those beautiful little green plants to keep on growing, budding, and spreading lovely life and color everywhere. I’m tapping into the source and trusting that there will be HOPE in abundance for today.