Oswald Chambers: Hope - A Holy Promise Sample

If a man will commit his “yesterday” to God, make it irrevocable, and bank in confidence on what Jesus Christ has done, his mouth will be filled with laughter, and his tongue with singing. Very few of us get there because we do not believe Jesus Christ means what He says. Can Jesus Christ re-make me, with my meanness and my criminality; re-make my mind and my dreams? Jesus said, “With God all things are possible.” The reason God cannot do it for us is because of our unbelief; it is not that God won’t do it if we do not believe, but that our commitment to Him is part of the essential relationship.

The accuser of the brethren says to God, “That man is a broken reed, don’t build any hope on him whatever, he is a hindrance and an upset to You; break him.” But no, the Lord will bind up the broken reed and make it into a wonderful instrument and discourse sweet music through it.

Reflection Question: What am I missing because I refuse to believe in the hope God has for me?

Quotations taken from The Place of Help and Notes on Isaiah, © Discovery House Publishers