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Holding Hope


Zechariah 9:12
Return to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope. Even today I declare that I will restore double to you. 



Hope......

A feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen.  A feeling of trust. 

Sounds good, doesn't it?  Believing for something. A change, an action that will restore all that has been lost, to trust for an outcome in a discouraging circumstance. And yet, the hope of the flesh shows no signs of change.  Holding on to hope can be wearisome. Hope itself is not, but holding on by the skin of our fingernails can be. At least for me it can be. 

Can you relate?  

Since the year 2020 when all that I knew to be the norm erupted with such a great intensity it was hope that held me in a cocoon of safety.  But it wasn't just any hope. It was and still is the hope of Jesus. 

I dare not pretend to say I have been comfortable or even most knowledgeable in the midst of this great shifting.  I have had moments of uncertainty, moments of sadness, moments of bewilderment and even moments of anger in the lack of my own understanding of what's to come. Some of my moments have even expressed despair, and most of all, moments of weariness. 

Battle. Weary. 

And yet, I clung to hope as the source of my steps.  Some small, some large but nevertheless they were my steps. Grabbing the hand of hope with every fiber of my being I could muster became a daily choice.  And on my hardest days, it was a pinky grab. But a grab it was! 

Proverbs 13:12

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life. 

" This means when a person eagerly desires and expects something, but it is delayed or suspended it can be an affliction that differs little from a lingering disease."  
https://biblehub.com/commentaries/proverbs/13-12.htm

I made the choice to not allow my heart to become sick.  I made a solid choice to seek my Jesus daily whether it was in song, scripture, fellowship with those I knew would hold me up or even in the quietness of my hearts silence as I waited on His presence.  

My hope is not deferred......

Holding on to hope is not for the faint. It is a battle of our flesh and soul.  But it is a battle that can be victorious.  You just have to hold on!! 

Hebrews 10:23

Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful. 

I have many things I am holding on to hope for. But most importantly, those things I hope for, I pray they are aligned with the will of the Father. 

Going into 2025, the hope of my Jesus will continue to be my constant, my strength, and my comfort.
I will continue to reach for hope in every area of my life and for all whom I love. 

I pray you will too! 


Micah 7:7 

But as for me, I watch in hope for the LORD, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me. 

 

Holding Hope ~












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