what is your hope in?
We were asked recently about what we put our hope in. Actualy it was more of a provication.
The question came from Pastor Tim who was leading the Fire School that day. He was talking from the life of Josiah who did well in Gods sight, but did not move God to turn his judgement away from his nation. If God did not turn and heal the nation when Josiah did all that he did zealously for the lord, then why should he heal us. It’s a de-stabalising thought. But when I started to pray god gave me a revelation about his love and the only reason why he would turn
and heal us. As pastor Tim challenged us with the word, someone piped up and said, “we can’t have any confidence in anything, only Gods mercy”- Good answer.
As I thought about that comment, I found myself before the cross and saw that jesus was alone. As he cried out I saw the father turn away from him. when the lord cried out it was the desperate cry of a son to a father. When you really understand that moment you know that the reason the father will heal us as a nation is to honour the death of his son. It’s a father son thing. God adopted us through the death of his son and he will always honour the son. I really felt this and wept for ages on the floor of the HOP. I felt this was a significant day in my life because I saw the value God has placed on me. I will never be the same again.
collin….join fire school it awsome!