Stealing Your Hope

Find rest, oh my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from Him. Psalm 62:5 NIV

How often do we give up because we have lost hope? Some things can seem huge and insurmountable from our point of view, yet to God it is simple. When we lose hope and joy, our life seems bleak and at it's end. How many times I have come to that point. I can be so up and excited one moment and the very next breath I take I feel like a weight had planted itself on my shoulders and I am the only one to bear it.

How very wrong that is! Yes, we allow the weights of this world to overtake us, more often that not. Our day-to-day activities or duties can become an entrapment. I wrote a devotional about "Worry and just where it gets us." The answer to that in one word is nowhere! It only causes us pain and more worry and frustration. Then our problems tend to overflow onto everyone around us. Does our joy have the same effect? When we speak words of hope and love and joy how do others react? Oh, some 'pooh-pooh' what we say, but most often it is something that is contagious.

When we talk about our families are we happy, or are we full of unkind words and grumbling? I know that I can be a real wet blanket sometimes. Have you heard the saying "if momma ain't happy, ain't no one happy"? It is actually true. We, as women and mothers are the barometer of the home. When we allow things to get us down, or for Satan to rob us of our hope and joy, we may as well give up. We will not be able to make another move without great pain and sorrow.

We have security systems for our homes, our cars and even on our cell phones, but do we have security on our heart or minds? Perhaps it is time for all of us to think about this. I am preaching to the choir here, so I am just as interested in hearing what is next. In the scripture above it tells us that our hope comes from God, it then goes on to say that He alone is my rock and my salvation; my fortress, I will not be shaken. My salvation and my honor depend on God; He is my mighty rock, my refuge. Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to Him, for God is our refuge. Psalm 62:6-8

There we have it, our very own security system. Satan should have no access to our hope or us! We should have a sign posted in our 'front yard' claiming who our security company is.

Lord, teach me to rest and trust. I will let you be my security and guard my hope and joy. AMEN

Becki Reiser