HOPE

I was studying today for our upcoming Christmas series called HOPE.  I am so excited about this series because while the holidays for a lot of people are a time to rejoice and have fun with family, for a lot of people they are desperate and hopeless times.  It is the time of year, for a lot of people, where they feel the most lost, lonely and un-loved.  In the midst of what people call the most wonderful time of the year, a lot of people would consider this the worst time of the year.

In the midst of all this the Bible talks about how we can be hopeful, even in the midst of our circumstances.

Psalm 16:9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices; My flesh also will rest in hope.

How do you and I find rest in stressful and hard times-we find it in hope.  Hope is this security, this assurance of even though it looks like hell is breaking loose and everything is collapsing around me, I am ok.  We only find that in the security of knowing God, that He is there and that He is in control.

What are you trying to control right now?  What in your life seems like it is falling a part because your in the command seat?

Lets you and I make the choice to put our security, our hope in Christ and find rest during the busy times of life.