Take heart, and hope in the Lord

“Be strong and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for and hope for and expect the Lord!” Our strength comes from the Lord. The joy of the Lord is our strength (Nehemiah 8:10). We can take courage through our joy of the Lord. Relationship with God comes once you’ve received Jesus as Lord of your life. Him being our Savior in all things comes through close fellowship with Him. Everything concerning our lives should be connected to and springing from our close fellowship experience with God. We can draw more than just strength and energy from the Lord. But wisdom and knowledge about the human makeup and how we fit into God’s plan of reconciliation, is attainable. Our existence is and always has been about purpose. A life of leisure is not of God. Without purpose there’s no true reason for living (Mark 11:12-14, 20-21). We’re not here to simply do nothing that doesn’t help others. As our hope is genuinely in the Lord, our purpose is energized with strength. We will always have to fight the good fight of faith no matter what we’ve individually been called to do. Living, moving and having our being in Christ is indicative of having all power and might at our disposal (Acts 17:28). We can be about God’s business, or continue on a lower level of life. We never know what we’re missing out on until we experience the goodness of the Lord. Take heart, and hope in the Lord.