What If It’s True?
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"We never come out and just say, 'I'm hopeless.' We're too smart for that. But you can see it in the way you respond when you hear God's truth. You can see it when someone tells you something that even Jesus himself said, but you have no hope to see that established in your life. Because hope is required to even step over into faith." (Pastor Tim)
When hope's dream seems to drag on and on, the delay can be depressing. But when at last your dream comes true, life's sweetness will satisfy your soul. (Proverbs 13:12 TPT)
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when desire comes, it is a tree of life. (Proverbs 13:12 NKJV)
How does your heart respond when you read verses like Isaiah 61? When you read verses that say you're destined to become a Mighty Oak of Righteousness, planted by Yahweh, restoring ruined cities and devastated places, how do you respond? Do you feel excited by that truth and hopeful to see it come to pass in your own life? Do you feel something vibrating within you? Or do you respond with empty despair - maybe for someone else, but not for me? Hopefully my kids or grandkids will enjoy that, but not me?
How do you respond to God's truth about who you're meant to be?
We must stop long enough to ask ourselves these questions. If we don't, we will be carrying hopelessness and not even know it. What if the source of our depression is our unwillingness to acknowledge our hopelessness over who Abba says we are? We just read it in the above verse, if hope's dream keeps dragging on and on, the delay will make us sick. We will fall into despair the longer hope keeps getting deferred.
What if we don't have to wait any longer? What if our heart can be healed and hope can be restored? What if we can witness some Kingdom-sized dreams in our lifetime? Like Pastor Tim said on Sunday, "What if it's true?"
Bring these questions into your walk with Abba today. Sometimes the adventure of a lifetime starts with the question: What if it's true? What if this is really out there? What if I could really have this in my life? If you allow your heart to be open to the possibility, I believe Abba will meet you there and make the greatest exchange with you. He wants to plant trees of life in your garden that will nourish you and your family for generations. Before it ever happens in a ruined city, it must happen in you. Let hope be restored today!
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