Secured Hope on the Solid Rock

"Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint." Isaiah 40:31

Our lives are journeys full of obstacles and struggles. Every person has a unique struggle of his own. With these struggles, we commonly grow weary because of the wrong perspectives we have in life. We commonly look for hope in our own strength, in the circle of our friends and in the treasures of this world.

But we forget the very basic yet very true perspective; that when we give our hope in the Lord, we will not grow faint. Why? When you read Isaiah 40, it speaks of the greatness and splendor of our King and our Solid Rock. When we medidate all of these, we will see the fact that our problems are too small compared to the beauty of His greatness and His awesome splendor.

Don't compare your problem to others; that it is impossible to be solved. Remember, the Lord declared through the life of Paul in 1 Corinthians 10:13, "No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it." We may be tempted to give up because of the problems we have in life and see it as a problem that is impossible to withstand. Yet if we hope in the Lord, He has declared that He will provide a way for us to stand up from it. Instead of comparing it to others, compare it to the greatness of God; the One who will accompany us with these struggles. We will see that our problems are too little for Him to handle.

God is the only One who is worthy to be entrusted by our hopes and daily struggles. Our strength will surely be renewed seeing the truth that our hopes and burdens in this world are being carried for us by a Most High God whose ways are perfect and pure.

Have our hope secured; entrust everything to the Solid Rock... to Jesus Christ, and everything we experienced in life will be in sequence for our best.