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Hope…a necessary element

Hope keeps us grounded

Jeremiah 50-52 And So Jeremiah brings his book to a close…but…

While listening to the lecture on Titus, the teacher made this observation: without hope, people are lost. Is that why God gave Jeremiah those words? “It is he who made the earth by his power, who established the world by his wisdom and by his understanding stretched out the heavens. When he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he makes the mist rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain, and he brings forth the wind from his storehouses.[Jer 51:15,16]

In challenging times we all need this view of God so we do not lose hope. God’s plans are higher than ours, so said Isaiah in Is 55:8-9.

Do I keep the vision of God before me so I do not lose hope?

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“Twenty-five years and Counting…”

Ezekiel is treated to God's holiness

Ezekiel 40 Ezekiel was taken into captivity at least twenty-five years ago. God would allow him and others to be taken forcefully to a city full of idols and a language they did not know because they had forsaken God’s way. Now they would serve foreigners in a land that is not theirs until the Sabbath Years’ completion. [Jer 5:15-18] Like Ezekiel, the exiles thought God wouldn’t let it happen; but it did happen, and amazingly God would use this time to restore them to be His beloved children.

On Ezekiel’s 30th birthday, God revealed himself to Ezekiel in all his holiness; and life was never the same after that. Now 25 yrs. later, once again, the Lord God told him to open his eyes, listen with his ears, and set his heart on all that He was going to show him. He transported Ezekiel via a vision to see the Temple’s restoration and to share His hope for the exiles. He did that for one reason; so the exiles would know He is the Lord and His promises are sure and irrevocable.

These are the same steps God wants us to go through as we read His Word so that we, too, might come to know Him and see His glory!

 If you were God, how would you communicate with your people what you planned for them?

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