‘One disaster follows another. The
whole land is ruined… My people are fools. They don’t know Me… They are
experts in doing wrong, and they don’t know how to do good’ (Jeremiah
4:20,22). Lord, we read the daily news. We wonder, ‘What’s going to
happen next?’ We ask, ‘Where will it all end?’ Are we to give up hope?
No! Teach us, Lord, to look beyond the things that are happening in our
world today. Help us to keep on looking to You, Lord – ‘the God of
hope.’ You say to us, ‘There is hope for your future.’ Sometimes, we
feel like things are just going from bad to worse. When we feel like
this, help us to remember Your Word: ‘I know the plans I have for you…
to give you a future and a hope’. ‘May the God of hope fill you with all
joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope
by the power of the Holy Spirit’ (Jeremiah 29:11; Jeremiah 31:17; Romans
15:13).
By Your grace, Lord, You call us to be Your soldiers and servants. Help us not to be "fearful and fainthearted" (Deuteronomy 19:19). Help us to be "good soldiers of Jesus Christ" (2 Timothy 2:3). When we hear your challenging question: "Who is on the Lord's side?", may we give our committed answer: "By Thy call of mercy, by Thy grace divine, we are on the Lord's side; Saviour, we are Thine."
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