THE DAILY BLUEPRINT - 1.3.09

HOPE “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” Romans 15:13 NIV.

THE HOPE SERIES - PART 3
ROMANS 8.24
For we are saved by HOPE; but hope that is seen is not hope; for what a man sees, why does he yet hope for?

We all seem to have a vision problem - we have this desire to see God at work and when we don't "See" Him doing anything we begin to worry - much of what God does is not seen by our eyes - Much of this world is more then visual - we must see with the eyes of faith -this means believing even when it seems useless - even when it seems like you are going backwards from the goal - remember God works at a different pace then we do -we must remember that hope that is seen is not hope at all - we need to get to a point in our faith where we no longer have to see God - but trust Him especially when we cannot see Him - this past year was the hardest of my life -hands down - its been so hard to keep focus on Jesus when all around me seems to be falling apart - we all have a vision problem -we need to look closer at our lives to see the hand of God - He is active - He is here - and He will never forsake us - There is our HOPE in CHRIST alone - He is our only hope - He is there when we can no longer see Him - He is at work as we sleep - as we worry and as we have the faith to believe He is doing something even when we don't see it -
there is a story of a blanket that when seen from the bottom looked like a mess - just jumbles of threads with no real meaning -but seen from above - it all fit together just right -that's how our lives are in God's hands - He has a plan and you can count on it - Lets adjust our vision so we can believe even when we do not see - Jesus said that blessed is he who believes and yet has not seen- would Jesus call you blessed? Lets gaze on the LORD of LORDS - He is there!
BUILDING MOMENT: DO YOU ONLY LIVE FOR WHAT YOU CAN SEE?
Because we have CHRIST - we have the eyes of faith!
1.3.09 - Building on the WORD
JUST BECAUSE WE CANNOT SEE HIM-
DOES NOT MEAN GOD IS NOT THERE!