“Those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength.” Isaiah 40:31
We look forward to going home one day. This hope is based on what Jesus did on the cross and rising from the grave; and said, “I go to prepare a place for you.”
This is our hope, a hope that we have something unimaginably better to look forward to – a home with and being like Jesus.
Peter puts this hope into perspective, “Since you are looking forward to this (i.e. the hope of the Lord’s return), make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with Him” (3:14). Peace. Hmm.
So, I was talking with a brother in Christ of a different Christian flavor who not only reads through the Bible in a year, which I do as well, but also goes through a prayer book based on the Psalms in the morning and at night.
This got me thinking. I know, dangerous, right? Why not pray and praise my way through my Bible reading? Peace. Hmm. My wife and I read a Psalm each night before sleep. Why not pray and praise our way through it? Peace. Hmm.
We will praise Him for whatever the passage talks about Him. And, we will ask Him to transform our lives using whatever truths were in the passage.
Hmm. Peace is increasing. Why? More of Jesuz. This is not a typo. I spelled it this way to remind myself that Jesus is the Aleph and Tav (Hebrew – 1st half of the Bible), the Alpha and Omega (Greek – 2nd half of the Bible), and the A and Z (English versions of the Bible). He is the Beginning and the End.
As I’ve done this, it’s amazing how many days I wake up in the morning worshiping Jesus with a song in my head. Hmm. Peace.
It’s all based on the hope Jesuz gives. The more life becomes about Jesus, the more our lives will be transformed, which means the more peace we will experience.