And
hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our
hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us. Romans 5:5
You hear me saying, “I hope” this or
that will happen all the time. I also
have hope in people. I am a trusting
person. I believe that there is good in
everyone. Recently, I have really
noticed that people have hope in me.
They count on me to behave or react in a certain way, because I am a
Christian. Non-Christians are watching
and waiting for me to fail and I
do. I am a sinner. Christian or not I fail.
Everyday.
Have you ever been in a court room
or watched a case on TV? If it is a
juicy case setting, you might have heard a judge tell someone that they were, “held
in contempt.” This means that the person
was being disrespectful, causing a disturbance, or just blatantly disobeying
the rules of a courtroom. We find this
interesting and exciting. Why do we find
someone disobeying rules intriguing?
God sent his son to die on the cross
for us one time for all of our sins. We
weren’t even born yet. God knew how many
times we were going to sin. You cannot
count how many times you sinned last week let alone your whole lifetime. Why do I keep making the same mistakes? Why do I keep falling for the same intrigue?
When
there is contempt, there is no hope.
This statement says it all. I hope in the Lord, but I do not have enough
consideration to change. I believe that
Jesus Christ saved me, but I still feel worthless and undeserving. The Spirit speaks to me through the Bible, but
I do not regard following God’s word each day as important as my worldly
ways. Each day, God could be sitting in
a large judge’s chair pointing a finger at me saying “I find her in contempt!” But he’s not.
The
LORD delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing
love.
Psalm
147:11
I am a child of God. I get up every day and read my Bible and ask
the Lord to guide me that day. I do my
best. Yes; I fail, but I keep
trying. I am still growing in
Christ. My hope is in Him. I’m going to do better today.
HAVE
YOU EVER…been held in contempt?
Psalm 18:3; Proverbs 13:12; 2 Peter
2:10
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