“Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord their God.” Want hope? “Blessed are those whose hope is in the Lord.” It’s good to look outside yourself. It’s good to recognize that you need hope from someone else. It’s just that there’s only one person who gives real hope: The Lord! “Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord their God.”
Just think about what the Lord does. “He is the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them—he remains faithful forever” (Psalm 146:6). Note the contrast between God and people. People are from the ground and return to the ground. God is the Maker of heaven and earth and everything in them. Could there be a bigger difference? How many people have created the universe? Just God! Note another contrast. People die. God “remains faithful forever.” God isn’t faithful for an election. God isn’t faithful for a season. God isn’t faithful as long as you’re faithful. The Lord “remains faithful forever.”
If that were all the Bible said about God, that would be plenty of reasons to hope in the Lord. But there’s more: “He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets prisoners free, the Lord gives sight to the blind, the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down, the Lord loves the righteous. The Lord watches over the foreigner and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked. The Lord reigns forever” (Psalm 146:7-9). Want hope? Hope in the Lord! He upholds. Gives food. Sets free. Gives sight. Lifts up. Loves. Watches over. Sustains. Reigns… Who does that? The Lord! Spiritual needs. Physical needs. Emotional needs. Put your hope in the Lord!
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