The greatest hope you can have

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“He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.” --Revelation 21:4 Many years ago, a man was sentenced to death, but obtained a reprieve from the king by assuring him he would teach his majesty’s horse to fly within one year. The only condition was if he didn’t succeed, he would be put to death at the end of the year. So as he was sitting with some other prisoners one day, one of them asked him, “How are you so sure you can teach his horse to fly?” He replied, “I’m not. But within a year, the king may die, I may die, or the horse may die. And who knows? Maybe the horse will learn to fly!” The Christian is the ultimate optimist. Whatever may be going on in your life, if you’re a believer in Jesus Christ, you have a hope! Hope is to the Christian what oxygen is to the body. You can live without health. You can even live without happiness. But you cannot live without hope. The Word of God calls our hope a blessed hope. It’s a hope that brings constant joy to the believer. It is a very definite and specific hope that Christ is going to one day wipe every tear from our eyes when He comes back. So as you live your life, remember that you can always look toward a better day when Christ will return. He is your greatest hope!   CHRIST’S RETURN IS THE GREATEST HOPE YOU CAN HAVE. SO LIVE YOUR LIFE EACH DAY IN EVERY SITUATION WITH FULL CONFIDENCE IN HIS COMING!

A Promise of Security

Thursday, April 25, 2019

by Dr. Paul Chappell

“And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.”

Genesis 28:13–15

Jacob’s life had been turned completely upside down. He was literally running for his life, because he had deceived his father into giving him the blessing that his brother Esau expected to receive. His problems were the result of his own actions, yet in mercy God reached out to give Jacob a promise of security and hope for the future. No matter where Jacob went, God would be with him and protect him until he returned to the land promised to his grandfather Abraham.

Someone defined insecurity as: “Showing up for your first day of work and finding your name written on your door in chalk—and a wet sponge hanging next to it.” We live in a world where things change rapidly and new threats and dangers appear with frequency. Our peace does not come from the fact that nothing will ever go wrong, but from the certain promise of God to guide and guard us. “For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death” (Psalm 48:14). The same God who saved us will carry us safely all the way into His eternal presence.

Today's Growth Principle: 

In an uncertain and changing world, we have an eternal unchanging God to keep us secure.