There are some days lately that I’d just
like to “find” my internet connection. That would give me HOPE! Actually, my hope comes from the Lord. Is
your “hope” lost?
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No Hope at the Gates of Hell
at the ancient Roman city of Caesarea Philippi
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It reminds me of some great wisdom from
Aunt Carole (my husband’s precious New Jersey girl aunt who lived in Michigan)
who said when asked when she found Jesus… “I didn’t know He was lost.” That is
wise. It is people who are the “lost” ones…not Jesus. I once was lost…and now
am found. Is that how you feel about “hope” in your life? It once was lost…and
now is found? Where did you lose it…where did you find it? Job questioned where
his hope was when he was answering his friend Eliphaz ranting about wise men
and Job’s life.
If you were truly wise, would you sound so
much like a windbag, belching hot air? Would you talk nonsense in the middle of
a serious argument, babbling baloney? Look at you! You trivialize religion turn
spiritual conversation into empty gossip. It’s your sin that taught you to talk
this way. You chose an education in fraud. Your own words have exposed your
guilt. It’s nothing I’ve said—you’ve incriminated yourself! Do you think you’re
the first person to have to deal with these
things? Have you been around as long as the hills? Were you listening in
when God planned all this? Do you think you’re the only one who knows anything?
Job 15:1- 8 The Message.
Continue to read more about Job and his
friends in that book of Job. Where is Job’s hope…can he find it? Is that an
answer to your own search for hope? Keep looking…if anyone can find hope—you
can.
Prayer
~ Lord God, give us inspiration through this encounter with Job and his friends
to find hope in our lives. My hope is in You, Lord—from Psalm 62:5. Like
Paul…my purpose is that they (my family and friends) may be encouraged in heart
and united in love; so that they may have the full riches of complete
understanding, in order that they may have the full riches of complete
understand, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ, in
whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. (Colossians 2:2-3
NIV).Purpose in life gives hope. That is hope…that begins with wisdom from You,
my Lord and My Savior.
© 2016 by Mickey M. Hunacek. All rights reserved.
All scripture quoted from the New Living Translation (NLT)
unless otherwise noted.
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