Lately I have been reading in the scriptures about hope. I read
about what happens when I obey my Heavenly Father, and what He promises
me in return for my obedience to Him. I have a promise that He never
lies. His promises to me are unmoved by the tide of time that has passed
since those commands and promises were made.
I step out as it were into thin air expecting my Father to hold me up because He said He would. When I need something done it is necessary for me to take hold of the living Word, and after having done all, stand. I have to stand believing. I do not see it with my natural eye, and I have to believe that when I do it the way my Father says, He will take complete care of it.
In standing on hope and believing I have to start responding to my Father as if it has already happened. I start giving thanks to Him for taking care of it. He already knows the end from the beginning. It is already done. I have to wait until all things are worked out together, and the time is right in my world. I always want it His way, not mine. While waiting I praise my Father for the outcome that He has chosen. I glorify His name, praise Him, and love Him because He is, not because I want Him to do something for me.
Many times years later what I went through can be shared with someone else in offering hope to them that our Father cares, and will help if we do our part in obedience to Him. Its all in the written Word. I find that no matter how sore the trial was, it can never compare with the beauty of the spiritual growth that came from it. I learned our Father many times lets us go through a time of testing so He can try our hearts to know it. I am surprised at times I am not as strong in an area as I thought. There is also a joy in knowing through it all I had hope and faith, and did not give up.
It is beautiful to see how our Father can touch persons life. He knows our mind as we do not know it. It is amazing how He works so many things out in bringing it all together for the good of the children that love Him. I do have a wonderful promise. No matter how dense a trial is, good will come out of it because I am His child, and I love Him.
The scriptures are full of commandments, and promises from our Heavenly Father and His Son. Things that will result in my having a good life. His word is so sweet. No matter what situation I can be in, I can find in His written Word the way to solve it. I can take hold of it, cling to it, and it is sure and fail proof.
A baker proofs yeast to see if it is alive before adding it to the bread mixture. I have proofed my Fathers Word when I first believe. I know it is alive and active.
The adversary wants me to not be aware of my hope. He will sling all kinds of confusion into my life to block my thinking clearly so I can not go to the source of my help. If he can do this, if he can cause me to doubt my Father will help me, then he can do his dirty work. If he can loosen my faith, then he has done a lot of damage. If I doubt, then my Father can not do for me, as it takes believing He is, that He is hearing me, and He will help me if I act in accordance to His will. I can cling to His every word. It goes right into the most Holy of Holies, and anchor of hope.
Pray without doubting, pray without ceasing, always expecting the answer, because in due seasons it will come.