by Steve Arterburn
The one thing I need more than anything is hope; we all want something to hope for and someone we can trust. God alone is able to perfectly fulfill both needs. You’ll never regret placing your hope and confidence in Him.
The Lord told this to his people long ago. As enemies threatened the nation of Judah, many turned to Egypt and other human powers for deliverance. But the Lord said, “Cursed are those who put their trust in mere humans and turn their hearts away from the Lord. They are like stunted shrubs in the desert, with no hope for the future….But blessed are those who trust in the Lord and have made the Lord their hope and confidence. They are like trees planted along a riverbank, with roots that reach deep into the water. Such trees are not bothered by heart or worried by long months of drought. Their leaves stay green and they go right on producing delicious fruit” (Jeremiah 17:5-8).
Placing your hope in programs, the government, your job, or the economy—anything but God—is like expecting a tree to flourish in the barren desert. Your thirst continues because these things or people are unable to satisfy your deepest needs. But placing your hope in the Lord changes everything. Jesus said, “The water I give them takes away thirst altogether. It becomes a perpetual spring within them, giving them eternal life” (John 4:14). Where is your hope? Is it in things, which will come and go, or is your hope in the living God?
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