ONE MONTH TO LIVE - DAY TEN (HOPE)

What do you do when all hope is lost?  How do you have faith when there seems to be wave after wave of discouragement.  How do you navigate through the darkness when there is no light?

When we lose hope in Jesus, surely we have lost all hope and are hopeless.  This is why we need Jesus, because He is the only hope for this broken world.  People need Jesus.  Are you pointing people to Jesus?  Are you leading people to Jesus?  Why haven't you if you haven't?  Why haven't I?  What's wrong with me?

In the midst of much trial and discouragement, it has been so easy for me to lose hope in every area of my life.  Is it ok if I'm real for a moment?  Yes, I said, I have been discouraged and was losing hope.  But then, an epiphany struck me and blew me off my feet.

In Isaiah 40:28-31 I received a strong word of encouragement for such a time as this and want to leave you with this word.  I hope this encourages you to "hope" in the Lord.

 ²⁸ Do you not know?
       Have you not heard?
       The LORD is the everlasting God,
       the Creator of the ends of the earth.
       He will not grow tired or weary,
       and his understanding no one can fathom.
 ²⁹ He gives strength to the weary
       and increases the power of the weak.
 ³⁰ Even youths grow tired and weary,
       and young men stumble and fall;
 ³¹ but 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 be faint.