And in another place it is written,
"Rejoice with His people, you Gentiles." And yet again, "Praise
the LORD, all you Gentiles. Praise him, all you people of the earth." And
in another place Isaiah said, "The heir to David's throne will come, and He
will rule over the Gentiles. They will place their hope on Him." I pray
that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace
because you trust in Him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through
the power of the Holy Spirit. I am fully convinced, my dear brothers and
sisters, that you are full of goodness. You know these things so well you can
teach each other all about them. Romans 15:10-14
God is so good…He loves the Gentiles. His promise of salvation is to the Gentiles as
well as the Jews. That is God’s mystery revealed. See Romans 11:25-31. God is
love. God is mercy. God is hope.
But it was to us that God
revealed these things by His Spirit. For His Spirit searches out everything and
shows us God's deep secrets. No one can know a person's thoughts except that
person's own spirit, and no one can know God's thoughts except God's own
Spirit. And we have received God's Spirit (not the world's spirit), so we can
know the wonderful things God has freely given us. When we tell you these
things, we do not use words that come from human wisdom. Instead, we speak
words given to us by the Spirit, using the Spirit's words to explain spiritual
truths. But people who aren't spiritual can't receive these truths from God's
Spirit. It all sounds foolish to them and they can't understand it, for only
those who are spiritual can understand what the Spirit means. Those who are
spiritual can evaluate all things, but they themselves cannot be evaluated by
others. For, "Who can know the LORD's thoughts? Who knows enough to teach
him? But we understand these things, for we have the mind of Christ.” 1
Corinthians 2:10-16.
I pray that God, the source of hope, will
fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in Him. Then you will
overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans
15:13.
Trust. Such a powerful word. Consider how
that word feels to you. Trust. Who do you trust with your innermost feelings
and thoughts?
Prayer
~ I pray that You, Lord God, the source of hope, will fill each of us completely
with joy and peace because we trust in You. Then we will overflow with
confident hope through Your power, Holy Spirit.
Joy
and Peace…during this Advent season…and every day.
© 2016 by Mickey M. Hunacek. All rights reserved.
All scripture quoted from the New Living Translation (NLT)
unless otherwise noted.
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