Continual Hope

Daily Reading: Micah 7, Psalm 11, 41, 71, 101, 141, Proverbs 11

Psalm 11 “In the Lord put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain? (2) For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart. (3) If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do? (4) The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord’s throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men. (5) The Lord trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth. (6) Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup. (7) For the righteous Lord loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.”

Psalm 71:14-16 “But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more. (15) My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof. (16) I will go in the strength of the Lord God: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.”

Psalm 71:23&24 “My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee: and my soul, which thou hast redeemed. (24) My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.”

It seems a long time that we have sought God concerning our situation with our houses. I have come and gone from the haven of faith but ultimately I hold fast to the instructions we were given upon entering this arrangement. Buy the house. That’s all we knew…and that’s what we did, never expecting 7 months to pass before selling our old house. It is in fact still sitting empty…waiting for buyers to come and find its merit. I love that house. I cannot understand why it hasn’t sold unless it is on account of the unseemly practices of some of the neighbors. There are two homes very near ours that sport old cars in the yard. This is not only against the law it is unsightly and aggravating. I will not blame the cars completely, there have been a few things that we left undone at the house.

Regardless…I feel that God simply wants us to rejoice. To look at Him and see that beyond all the circumstance we are still surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses who see the heart of our conviction and cheer on our pursuit of Christ and all His glory. We have not lost our hope…it seems invisible at times but we have not built on sand…as the hymn so aptly states…”my hope is built on nothing less, than Jesus blood and righteousness, I dare not trust the sweetest frame but wholly lean on Jesus name.” If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do? The Lord is in His holy temple. The Lord is on His throne…He has not forgotten and He has not missed our cry for help. He will deliver! For the Lord loveth righteousness.