Hosea 2:15 (Nlt) I will return her vineyards to her and transform the Valley of Trouble into a gateway of hope......
What a great thought - a gateway of hope speaks of good things to come, of having an expectation of good. Our God is a good God and He always wants us to have a sense of joy, not a feeling of dread about our future.
My daughter in law is an artist and she’s just finished a new painting called 'Cathedral' which is bright and cheerful. She explained she was expressing a pulling of joy from the future with a great expectation of good, with a sense of burdens lifted. I was inspired by that because it is such a positive outlook and it lifted my spirits too.😊
If we know Jesus as our Saviour then we can draw joy from our future because God has it stored up for us too. It’s like He’s put it in the bank with our name on it and we can draw out from the 'joy and hope' account by faith any time we like.
It’s a deep inner awareness that God is for us, that He loves us so faithfully, that His peace has been planted in our hearts no matter what trouble we’re in. Our verse says He transforms our valley of trouble into a gateway of hope.
Are you in some kind of trouble today? If so, take heart because God is about to transform your valley of trouble and He’ll show you the gateway for you to walk through to better days ahead.
Jesus said nothing is impossible to him who believes so let’s believe for great joy and peace in our futures and draw some of it out today.😊
Romans 15:13 I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in Him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.
Here is the link to the painting I was talking about if you'd like to see it https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/colourwayatelier
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