Hope For The Future

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is the 5th of April, Wednesday morning, 2023, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

”For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,…”
2 Corinthians 10:4-5

You and I need to be very careful about what we read and what we watch on television and social media. If we watch negative, violent, immoral programmes, we shall become fearful, disillusioned and even depressed. We shall lose confidence in the future and even in ourselves.

Many years ago I had the privilege of preaching the Gospel in New Zealand. I was invited to a maximum security jail. I remember walking through no less than twelve doors and gates to enter right into the heart of the prison. I had the privilege of speaking to men, prisoners who were sentenced to life in jail. We sat in a circle, the place was spotlessly clean, and bright lights were shining. There was no place to hide. It actually reminded me of an operating theatre. The inmates were huge men who spent most of their time during the day in the gym training because there was nothing else to do, but their eyes were blank, and their eyes were empty. There was nothing, no hope, no future and nothing in them. I started to tell them about Jesus Christ and what He had done for me. I used that scripture in Isaiah 40:31 which says those who wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint. I told them about the majestic eagle, and how he soars high up in the craggy mountain tops. He doesn’t associate with the crows down at the bottom. Slowly but surely I saw flickers of light in their eyes. Hope started returning, a smile here and there. “Tell us more,“ they said, “Tell us more!” Then I prayed with them and told them to concentrate on the promises of God over their lives. We started singing hymns together and Christian songs, and then hope started to flood into their lives. I left them with a promise of hope for the future and said to them, “Keep your eyes on the Lord and He will see you through!”

We need to do the exact same thing today. Let us go out today and concentrate on the things of God and not the things of this dying world.

May Jesus bless you, have a wonderful day and goodbye.