DAILY?READINGS: Numbers 2; Psalms 146-147; Mark 12:18-44
Rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer. Romans 12:12
Utter despair grips the heart if there is no hope. A patient with cancer has hope of a cure until the doctor finally says, “I am sorry to tell you this but your cancer is now terminal”. But the believer has hope, regardless of present circumstances. He has the hope and assurance that God is with him and working on his behalf. “If God be for us, who can be against us?” (Rom. 8:31). If death comes knocking at his door, the believer still has hope. Death but opens the door into the glory of heaven. In view of this, we can be patient and endure trouble, constantly praying to our heavenly Father, filled with hope. —Donald L. Norbie
Jesus, before Thy face we fall—our Lord, our life, our hope, our all!
For we have nowhere else to flee, no sanctuary, Lord, but Thee! —S. Medley