Isaiah 43:19 See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness….
I first claimed and deeply felt Isaiah 43:19 when my husband had a heart attack. The ambulance driver told me that the hubs had indeed had a heart attack and that they were running lights and sirens to the hospital and that I should not try to keep up. Lord Jesus, please make a way.
Romans 12:12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
And Romans 12:12 is the first verse I ever remember claiming, way back in childhood. I just remember thinking that it was a great all-purpose verse: joyful, patient, faithful—all situations covered. But I can’t believe it took me this long to truly see the connection between these two verses and the idea of hopeful waiting.
Romans 8:24 For in this hope we are saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have?
Lord, Thank You for this day and for the hope that can only come from You. Thank You for making a way, even when we can’t yet perceive it, and for the ability to wait in joyful hope because we know You are at work in our lives. Draw us closer to You, and help us to claim Your joy as we wait, knowing that You are always at work in our circumstances. Amen.
Romans 8:25 But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.
Have a blessed day.
My faith, my life, my teaching–it's all a work in progress.