We should always have hope, because there are no hopeless situations.
There is always a solution.
There is always a perspective.
Just because one, few or many people do not have hope, we can conclude so about the situation and circumstance.
There is always a solution, a perspective, a ray of hope, a silver lining which may take time to discover.
Remember our God who created us, is a God for whom nothing is impossible.
Remember that from mere dry bones, a mighty army came to be made by God.
Remember that God even in the hungry lion’s cage, we can be unhurt if you have God with you.
Remember that even if you are in a burning furnace heated up to very, very extreme temperatures, you will be unhurt, neither your skin nor your hair will be burnt because you have Lord Jesus along with you in the fiery furnace.
As we believe in the one and only true God, we always have abundant hope. Our God is a God of Hope. We are made in His image, hence as his children we are meant to be full of hope.
Our life and circumstances are not limited by :
what we know,
what the Doctor says,
what the market condition is,
recession,
devaluation,
inflation,
prosecution,
persecution,
sickness,
unemployment,
people we know,
influence we have,
poverty,
what we know or
lack or anything else.
From famine to abundance in a day
We know from the book of 2nd Kings, Chapter six, that the famine was extremely intense in Samaria. Benhadad, the king of Syria, had attacked the King of Israel and surrounded Samaria.
And there was a great famine in Samaria; and indeed they besieged it until a donkey’s head was sold for eighty shekels of silver, and one-fourth of a kab of dove droppings for five shekels of silver. ( II Kings 6:25 NKJV)
We have an unimaginable situation when a woman cries to the king of Israel for help. The famine was so bad, that two women resorted to cannibalism! First day this lady boiled her son and both of them ate him. The next day, the other lady hid her son, not keeping her part of the agreement. The king was distraught and wore a sackcloth and cried.
As evil persisted in Israel, the king of Israel Jehoram blamed prophet Elisha for the famine. Wheras, God was using the adversary Benhadad to attack Israel to drive the people of Isarel to God Himself!
In 2 Kings 7: 1-2, we read : Then Elisha said, “Hear the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord: ‘Tomorrow about this time a seah of fine flour shall be sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, at the gate of Samaria.”
So an officer on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God and said, “Look, if the Lord would make windows in heaven, could this thing be?”
And he said, “In fact, you shall see it with your eyes, but you shall not eat of it.”
The Lord’s word was contrary to all situations and circumstances. Logic and reasoning of 180 degrees change could not explain how the situation would ever change from famine which drew people to cannibalism could change to plenty as per the word of God, here expressed as the word of the prophet.
But that is what precisely happened in verse 16: Then the people went out and plundered the tents of the Syrians. So a seah of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the Lord. ( 2 Kings 7:16 NKJV)
Thus no matter what kind of famine it is in a day normalcy and plenty can be restored.
Hope for those waiting upon the Lord
For those taking time off and spending in the presence of God assurance is given.
When time is spent in worshipping God, hope and expectation from the Lord is available.
With a prayerful heart when one praises God, reads the scriptures, meditate the precepts and commandments, and read the Bible, a lot of changes happen. Our minds are renewed, we are reminded about the promises of God, are assured of strength, stamina, flying high above troubling situations and circumstances.
But those who wait on the Lord
Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint. ( Isaiah 40:31 NKJV)
You may wish to read these interesting pages on Hope: click on any of the links below
Bible Quiz on Hope and Tribulations
Declarations For Hope
Hope & expectation for the old
Why do Christians have hope?