Hope

People are feeling hopeless. Discouraged by what is happening in America and the world. We are like lambs among wolves, while we wait on those with influence and power. So many evil plans and wicked plots that we can’t keep up. We long for justice! Lord God, rescue us from those who lie to us. Who tell us to believe in what is false. All of this has brought a major increase in anxiety and depression. I read that suicides are up 100%. Not Christmassy, right? Well, actually, Christmas is the answer to it all. We long for a miracle and that’s what Jesus is. He came to earth to “seek and save the lost.” (Luke 19:10) He was the hope for the world on the first Christmas day and He is still the hope today.

I have a prayer spot in my house that I go to in the morning. The last several weeks have been difficult to pray. I too have been weighed down. At first I would walk away because my mind couldn’t focus. I now know there is a spiritual battle and I must engage. So I pray over top of the distraction. I don’t feel like praying and I don’t feel like it’s working. However, God didn’t call me to live by my feelings or by sight. He calls each of us to live by faith. And I know God is faithful. He rescued me. He has never failed me. And He will never leave or forsake me.

My hope sustains me. I have an expectancy that God is going to shine His face on America. To raise us up, to once again be a shining city on a hill. Reflecting His light so all the nations of the earth will know Him. Not because we deserve it. We don’t. But because of who God is.

Have comfort and joy this season remembering that God is above all things. And it is through Him that all good things come. The greatest being Jesus - the salvation among the nations. Take heart. Live by faith. Have hope!