Daily Devotional: There is hope
DAILY ⓂANNA
MONDAY 23RD NOVEMBER, 2020
THERE IS HOPE
📜📜TEXT: JEREMIAH 31:15-26📜📜
🔑📖 KEY VERSE: “And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own border” (JEREMIAH 31:17).
In most cases, weeping is a natural response to unpleasant, painful and undesirable situations. It also reflects a state of despair and despondence in the face of adversity. For many, however, weeping has turned to laughter. This is precisely what God has promised His people that weep.
Today’s passage starts with God’s recognition of the sorrowful state of Rachel because of her children. Obviously, this reflects the state of many parents, who are currently heartbroken and sorrowful not because their children are dead physically, but because they are deeply enmeshed in trespasses and sins.
The current state of moral decadence, peer pressure and dazzling sights of the world has taken many young folks out of the way of righteousness. They live in outright rebellion to the instructions of God and pleas of their parents. The stark reality in many churches and homes today is the discovery of “…a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness” (Proverbs 30:12).
Are you presently suffering severe heartache and weeping as a parent because of your deviant children? Are you weeping as a pastor or church leader because of the height of rebellion and rejection of the Word by your congregation? Are you going through some seemingly difficult times that elicit weeping? Cheer up!
God might have spoken against you as He did to Ephraim because you disobeyed His instructions. Yet, He assures not to leave you nor forsake you (Genesis 28:15). He demands that you return to Him wholeheartedly and put your trust in Him at all times.
As He intervened in Ephraim’s situation, God will certainly wipe away your tears for He has promised that your work “shall be rewarded…” (Jeremiah 31:16). But you must not give up in prayer and supplication.
✍🏽 THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Behind every cloud is a silver lining. Don’t give up.
📜📜THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: EZEKIEL 43-44📜📜
