Shalom,
Today I want to share from Kenneth and Gloria Copeland's "Farom Faith To Faith" devotional!
Our Only
Hope Is Jesus
Therefore
did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest
in hope: Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer
thine Holy One to see corruption. Acts 2:26-27
More than 21
years ago, God said something to me that will mark my ministry forever. It was
this: The only hope that any man has anywhere in the world is faith in
Jesus Christ.
In light of
what's happening around us today, the truth of that statement is more
painfully obvious than ever before. We are a generation with diseases no man
can heal, with problems no man can solve. What fleeting successes we have are
quickly overshadowed by new and greater crises.
All too
often, that's as true for believers as it is for unbelievers. It shouldn't be.
But it is. Believers are being killed by the same diseases that are devastating
the rest of the world. They're being plagued by the same problems. And many are
walking around without hope—just like the rest of the world.
Why? Because
the only hope that any man has is faith in Jesus Christ. And the majority of
Christians don't know how to live by faith.
Instead of
being filled with the Word and with faith, they've been stuffed full of
religious tradition and superstition. And they're suffering. When the devil
hits them with sickness and disease, with poverty or depression or divorce,
they often stand by helplessly as it destroys them. They simply don't know what
else to do. The Bible says, "My people are destroyed for lack of
knowledge..." (Hosea 4:6).
But you
know. Your hope is in Jesus. Trust Him. And tell the world—their hope is in Him
too.
Here is Hillsong with "Tell The World":
Shalom in Him!