What do you take hope in? In what is your strength? Is it in your wisdom? Your creativity? Your power? No. Your hope is in the Lord your God, sovereign over all creation.
2 Chronicles 32:7-8 Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or dismayed before the king of Assyria and all the horde that is with him, for there are more with us than with him. With him is an arm of flesh, but with us is the Lord our God, to help us and to fight our battles.
You could gather all soldiers and weapons on earth but the Lord determines the victor.
What does this change? How do we respond? Do we become nihilists? Do we cast off restraint? No.
We grow in our relationship with the Lord. We trust in God and him alone for our salvation and provision. Know the Lord. Trust the Lord. Love the Lord. Worship the Lord.
We shall not fear. We shall not dismay. We shall trust the Lord and him alone for our lives. He is king. He holds the nations in the palm of his hands. He owns it all.
He has promised to never leave us nor forsake us. We are his children. He loves us. He promises us eternal reward. He promises blessings in his presence. He has told us there is joy in his presence.
This is where I chose to put my hope and future, in the presence of the Lord. He is God. He is King. He is almighty. To know the Lord is better than riches. To be in his presence is far more joyful than any worldly pleasure. He is the answer. He is the solution.
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