Hope . . . A Blessing from God!

As we leave one holiday giving God thanks for all he has done,

we enter another, celebrating the reason for the season.

Beginning with the first day of Advent, celebrating the

miraculous birth of baby Jesus.

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Advent brings Hope, as we are reminded of God giving us a

savior, a deliverer who has promised to save us of our sins and as Philippians 4:19 says, to supply all our needs according to his riches in glory for those who diligently seek Him and believe in Him.

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We find Hope when Jesus tells us in John 14:13 “And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.” Anything we ask in his name we will receive, what a wonderful promise and assurance from a wonderful God, who all year has looked beyond all our faults and saw our needs and blessed us mightily.

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Living a life pleasing to Jesus is not always easy, but we don’t have to do it alone, when we call on him, and by faith obey him even when we don’t understand, He is with us. When we simply trust and do as he says, the rewards are worth the effort, because with Jesus on our side the impossible things we have to go through become possible.

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With the Hope that Jesus provides, that sickness, that chronic disease, the healing from that ailment is just a prayer away, when we call on his name. With the Hope that Jesus provides, we have an advocate that is fighting for us, yes, we will still have bills to pay, yes, we will still have trials and challenges to deal with, yes, we may have to stay up late at night waiting for that husband, that wife, that son or daughter to walk through the front door.

But, with the Hope that Jesus provides, we have a God that promised that whatever it is that we are going through, if he brought it to us, he will bring us through and if he did anything for us in the past, we already have confirmation that his word is true and He will do it again, for He is the same yesterday, today and forever. 

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So, on this Communion Sunday, and first Sunday of Advent, “Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good. His love endures forever.” And we thank him for the gift of Hope that was wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid in a manger. A Blessing of God.

Submitted by,

Deacon Clifford Jones