Keeping Hope
Alive!
"Blessed is the man who trusts
in the Lord, and whose hope
is the Lord."
Jeremiah 17: 7
The record of Jeremiah’s prophetic phrases makes
up the longest book in the Bible. The ancient East,
from Egypt to Mesopotamia, was in a constant
state
of flux, turmoil, and war during Jeremiah’s life.
And that included life in Judah
where Jeremiah saw five kings
come and go during his
ministry.
In many ways, Jeremiah was witness to
levels of threat and
change just like what we witness today. Modern nations are
threatening, and sometimes attacking, one another. People
in many nations and societies live in fear of political and
economic instability. And the masses are looking for
someone to trust.
That’s why Jeremiah wrote, “Blessed is the man who trusts
in the Lord, and whose hope is the Lord.” That didn't mean
that war and turmoil would stop the moment people
started
trusting. Jerusalem was conquered and people, even godly
people like Daniel, were carried into captivity in Babylon.
But
trusting in the Lord dispelled fear of the future.
Trust in the Lord has the same effect today for those
who hope in Him. Don’t let the world’s instability cause
you to lose hope. Keep hope alive through faith in God.
"Where there is
no hope,
there is no faith."
William Gouge