A Daily Devotional

About hope in poverty:

Hebrews 11:32 And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel and the prophets, 33 who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions, 34 quenched the fury of the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword; whose weakness was turned to strength; and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies. 35 Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused to be released, so that they might gain a better resurrection. 36 Some faced jeers and flogging, while still others were chained and put in prison. 37 They were stoned; they were sawed in two; they were put to death by the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted and mistreated-- 38 the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and in caves and holes in the ground. 39These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised. 40 God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect. (NIV)

Poverty is the great destroyer of hope. Poverty is the terrorist destroying lives by taking away any promise of better things tomorrow, or next week, or next year. In poverty, there is often little hope. However, in Christ who brings us the bounty of blessings of the heart, there is hope. Christ will fill our heart with a true vision of a true place called Heaven. Christ will see us over and through our greatest hardships. Christ will stir our heart and help us know the impossible is possible. Surely we have not run out of hope with Christ. Even as our hair turns gray and our skin wrinkles, we come to see the important things of life are not material things. We come to see the most important part of our life is Christ and His children who are around us.

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