Worship for Today: Our tremendous hope in Jesus Christ!

The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him in Psalm 131:3,

 

"O Israel, put your hope in the Lord both now and forevermore."

This short, 3 verse, "song of ascents", penned by David, closes with with the exhortation to Israel to place their hope in the Lord.

 

Hope is a wonderful thing. It provides us energy in our relationship with the Lord and fuels our love for him and our appreciation of him!

 

This exhortation of David brings to mind Peter's comment, "Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade—kept in heaven for you, who through faith are shielded by God's power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time." 1 Peter 1:3-5.

 

Here is a refreshing observation made by Peter. We have a wonderful hope, a "living hope"! Our hope is in an inheritance granted us by the Lord, an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade! This inheritance is none other than what is ours as co-heirs of Jesus Christ! Romans 8:17. A part of this hope is that we are shielded by God's power until resurrection day, "the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time."

 

Here is something that is coming our way that is as assured as having already happened! Here is something that is truly exciting!

 

Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share your thoughts of worship with us from your Bible reading today. We'd love to hear from you!

Trevor Fisk
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