Sometimes it’s hard to see past our darkest situations, especially when we are in them, and it’s even harder to find hope for anything better to come. If you can’t find hope with a situation day by day, do it hour by hour, sometimes breaking down overwhelming situations into smaller more manageable parts can keep us moving forward.
If we aren’t afraid to hope for something better, we can see the small miracles that are going on in our lives. If we think of Job who had his wealth from him, carried a painful disease, and lost his family. He could have simply given up his hope right then and there. Yet with all these troubles, Job decided to still trust in God (Job 13:25).
“Though He slay me, yet I will trust Him.”
Because of this Joh saw twice as much as he had before, all because to chose to keep his hope in God despite the hard and uncertain times he had to endure.
When we hope in God, we are anchored to something that is beyond us -something that is immersive, strong, and plentiful. This hope can be utilized when chasing or dreams, our goals, and our aspirations.
It’s never too late to break free and make our ways towards something better. Too many times we let shame hold us back and blind us from any potential we might have once found in ourselves. It can lay a heavy burden on us. We often keep the chains of shame, despite knowing the key is hope. Why do we do such a thing?
Perhaps we don’t think we deserve anything else and our chains are punishment for our past and we deserve them. But the Bible says otherwise.
If you remember the account of David, he messed up in multiple ways -committing adultery and then trying to mask it by murdering her husband. However despite this David eventually broke free from his Shane by acknowledging his sin and asking God for forgiveness. He expressed deep remorse and begged for mercy that only God could provide. 2 Samual 12:13 says,
“The Lord also has put away your sin.”
The Bible says that we deserve joy and that we should be able to rejoice freely despite any past that might have hindered us once.
From Pity to Praise 