Day 6: Hope

There's no doubt that the life we live here on earth is messy, and sometimes it deals harshly. Sometimes it’s unfair, and we may wonder where God is. However, His Word reminds us of this truth: He is always there. Though we may not always see it, feel it, or understand His processes, He is here. Even now. This promise is called hope.

We become hopeless when we accept a worldly view of how our circumstances should cause us to think, but Jeremiah helps us remember that we need to focus on what God has to say about who we are and what His plans are for our lives [29:11]. Even in the midst of brokenness, you still hold victory in the palm of your hands because of the One who holds you in His. Even in your darkest places, you never walk alone. God is interwoven throughout every circumstance you may endure, and because of that, there is always a reason to hope.

If there is anything we can firmly hold onto while it seems as though everything else is uncontrollable, it is the promise of a Savior. No matter how dark things may seem, God is always there, waiting to shine a light on what the enemy intended to destroy us. God calls us to not only hope but to rejoice in it. When Christ conquered death, He gave us abundant hope for a better life through Him. And hope becomes faith when we accept Christ’s truths and allow Him to mold the endings to our circumstances even when we can’t see the final draft of His work.

The sufferings that we go through are the best reminders that life can throw more at us than we can handle, which is exactly why we need Jesus. Today, allow your suffering to be a call into the deep. Seek and read aloud the affirmations given to us in God’s Word about hope, and speak them into your life. Rejoice in the eternal power of a Savior who will, in His time and His ways, make everything right and good again.