The wonder of a Promise - Lent #24

When we are promised something it can fill us with hope. Even if we have been let down in the past there is a unique optimism in most of us human beings. Promises fill us with the hope of a better tomorrow. They give us the courage to carry on and remind us that God does take note of us.

While reading through Job 22 this morning I came across these wonderf
ul words of Promise. I offer them to us, especially in the context of the death and resurrection of Jesus.

‘Submit to God and be at peace with him;
    in this way prosperity will come to you.
²² Accept instruction from his mouth
    and lay up his words in your heart.
²³ If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored:
    if you remove wickedness far from your tent
²⁴ and assign your nuggets to the dust,
    your gold of Ophir to the rocks in the ravines,
²⁵ then the Almighty will be your gold,
    the choicest silver for you.
²⁶ Surely then you will find delight in the Almighty
    and will lift up your face to God.
²⁷ You will pray to him, and he will hear you,
    and you will fulfil your vows.
²⁸ What you decide on will be done,
    and light will shine on your ways.
²⁹ When people are brought low and you say, “Lift them up!”
    then he will save the downcast.
³⁰ He will deliver even one who is not innocent,
    who will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.’

Which verse offers you the most courage and strength today. Read it again and let those words be your prayer today. Shalom.

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