The Source of Hope
So, here i am in my deep, dark pit chatting to a friend when i say...i need prayer because i lost Hope.
I lost Hope.
Later i receive this verse via another friend....Romans 15:13. And the words jumped out at me and pierced my heart.
"May God, the Source of Hope, fill you completely with joy and shalom as you continue trusting so that by the Power of the Holy Spirit you may Overflow with Hope."
God, The Source of Hope.
When you are thirsty you don't lick the washbasin. You open the tap! And here i am thirsty and dying in my sorrow, hopelessly licking up droplets which never satisfies. And the Source is right there.
Hopeless looks at the Word and cannot open it.
Hopeless sees no victory only defeat.
Hopeless feels unloved, heard or cared for.
Hopeless sees no good ending to the story...
I need the Source of all Hope.
This God who is the Source of Hope will fill me completely with Joy and Deep Peace.
The Source of Hope will by His power fill me so much that i will Overflow with Hope.
Just reading this i felt Hope starting to surge through me again. Like a person who flatlined and was shocked back to life - at first there is that long peeeeeep sound but then suddenly you hear the wonderful peep peep peep as the heart starts up again.
I really need that filling. I need to be at the Source of Hope once again.
To have Hope when everything falls apart. To cling to this Awesome Source of Hope no matter what. And to remember God is doing it all - the filling up part, the joy and peace, by His power only can i overflow with Hope.
Just reading this verse has already filled me with Hope. I mean, mynFather is the Source of Hope.
Practically this means to keep trusting - for me to Believe God loves and cares even though it looks like the complete opposite. I need to deepy and truly believe that i, we are loved by God, the Source of Hope.
Sure, my dear husband is still very ill, our puppy as well, plus, plus, but that sense of all is lost is starting to lift and a bit of Light shines through. And it is called Hope.
And i desperately need Hope in my dark corner of the world.
Bella
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ReplyDeleteThat Abraham hoped against all hope came to mind while reading the above. Romans 4:18-21 – “Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.” Without weakening in his faith, he acknowledged the decrepitness of his body (since he was about a hundred years old) and the lifelessness of Sarah’s womb.
ReplyDeleteYet he did not waver through disbelief in the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that God was able to do what He had promised.”
What has God promised you, Alfred, and the boys, Bella? Jesus got His disciples to the other side even though His disciples were seemingly faithless during the torrential storm. Praise be to our God!
Jesus Stills the Sea
35 On that day, when evening came, He *said to them, “Let us go over to the other side.” 36 Leaving the crowd, they *took Him along with them in the boat, just as He was; and other boats were with Him. 37 And there *arose a fierce gale of wind, and the waves were breaking over the boat so much that the boat was already filling up. 38 Jesus Himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they *woke Him and *said to Him, “Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?” 39 And He got up and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Hush, be still.” And the wind died down and it became perfectly calm. 40 And He said to them, “Why are you afraid? Do you still have no faith?” 41 They became very much afraid and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?”
Bella, Hope is my favorite word, i have two coffee mugs, have it in a few places in my room as decorations just to remind me, faith, hope and love... 1cor 13.13 is my favorite verse..my three words... faith hoe love... Belinda than you for writing from the heart ❤
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