Hope for your future

"There is hope for your future" declares the LORD"
(Jeremiah 31:17)

Do you have hope? If so, what is your hope based upon? Or said another way, where do you find your hope?
In our current day I am sure there are many who are asking the question "where is my hope? what hope?"
It all seems so hopeless! The very weak economy, global economic chaos, threats of continued terrorism, disrespect for the law, selfishness abounding, earthquakes, volcanoes, tornados, flooding - a lot of stressful stuff happening all at the same time! We can get so bogged down and stressed up in the 'stuff of the day' that we don't look beyond our current circumstances to the One who is in control of ALL THINGS…
I know that I for one am guilty of this. There seems to be so much more to be stressed about these days - is it me or is it the times? Getting 'caught up' in the controversial sound bite of the day can get you off the narrow path and lead you astray down the path of hopelessness - you end up in the struggle that is the wisdom of the world. Don't bite!
May our focus be continually on the One who knows the future, on the One who is our hope.
We are and always have been in a struggle and this struggle is not against flesh and blood but against principalities and powers that wage war against the flesh. We must be resilient and totally reliant upon the Holy Spirit to take our stand in this battle - and battle we must. Although the enemy appears to be more intense at this time in our lives, the battle is still the same, the weapons of warfare are still the same, our call to stand firm in His truth is still the same and the final outcome, which is our victory, is still the same - let us stand firm in it!
Let not the struggles and hopelessness of this world lead us down a path that takes our eyes off the HOPE that is within us for that is what the enemy wants for us - to believe that there is no hope, no future…
Our hope and our future is certain in Christ Jesus - bite on that!