Put Your Hope in the Lord

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Put Your Hope in the Lord

Date: Jan. 2, 2023

Passage

Psalm 130:1-131:3 (ESV)

A Song of Ascents.

1   Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD!
2     O Lord, hear my voice!
  Let your ears be attentive
    to the voice of my pleas for mercy!
3   If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities,
    O Lord, who could stand?
4   But with you there is forgiveness,
    that you may be feared.
5   I wait for the LORD, my soul waits,
    and in his word I hope;
6   my soul waits for the Lord
    more than watchmen for the morning,
    more than watchmen for the morning.
7   O Israel, hope in the LORD!
    For with the LORD there is steadfast love,
    and with him is plentiful redemption.
8   And he will redeem Israel
    from all his iniquities.

A Song of Ascents. Of David.

1   O LORD, my heart is not lifted up;
    my eyes are not raised too high;
  I do not occupy myself with things
    too great and too marvelous for me.
2   But I have calmed and quieted my soul,
    like a weaned child with its mother;
    like a weaned child is my soul within me.
3   O Israel, hope in the LORD
    from this time forth and forevermore.

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Daily Bread

Key Verse: 130:130:7

And he will redeem Israel
from all his iniquities.

The Psalmist cried to the LORD out of the depths of his sin. He prayed not only for himself, but also for the nation of Israel. They could not stand before the LORD because of their sins. It seemed like a hopeless situation, but the writer prayed that the LORD would listen to his voice and respond with mercy and forgiveness. He prayed that they might once again worship and serve the LORD.

The Psalmist declared he would wait for the LORD like a watchman. He put his hope in the LORD. The LORD has unfailing love. He alone can redeem people from sin. Hope means waiting for the LORD who revealed himself in his word. Hope is not based on sight but on the love of God and his promise to redeem us from the power of sin.

Psalm 131 describes the nature of hope as waiting for the LORD like a humble child. He is our hope of eternal redemption.

Prayer: Prayer: Lord, thank you for hearing us when we cry out to you. Bless us to wait for you and hope in your redemption.

One Word: One Word: Hope in the LORD

A Tense Confrontation

Genesis 31:31-55

Key Verse: 31:44

Come now, let us make a covenant, you and I. And let it be a witness between you and me.”

Today's Question

Can anyone perfectly keep the commandments of God?

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