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It will be a unique day known only to the LORD, without day or night; but when evening comes, there will be light.  — Zechariah 14:7
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Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
— Hebrews 11:1 NIV

Hope is a desire for a particular thing to happen. Hope works hand in hand with faith. The Bible explicitly states in our verse for the day that, "faith is assurance of things hoped for." In this regard, we cannot separate hope from faith. Therefore, hope becomes the confident expectation of what God has promised.

The Bible has many promises that have been made to mankind by God, but in order to access them, we need to hope in Christ. Thus, faith becomes the key to accessibility. We hope for something we do not see, putting our trust and confidence in God. Even when we are faced with difficulties, we remain steadfast in our hope in Christ because we know that in due time, He will fulfill all His promises.

Romans 15:13 shows us that in being hopeful, we get joy and peace. "Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." The phrase "the God of hope," means that God is the giver of hope. If we fix our eyes on the giver of hope we will abound in hope, joy, and peace. Joy and peace come from the confidence we receive when we hope in Christ.

In conclusion, if we lack hope, the first place we should look is to God himself, the only source of true hope. Our hope in Christ is certain because it rests upon God's promises.

By Bishop Onismo Gorongo, Bible League International partner, Zimbabwe
Bible in a Year
Old Testament Reading
Isaiah 29, 30


Isaiah 29 -- Warning to David's City; Blessing to Follow Discipline

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Isaiah 30 -- Warning against Refuge in Egypt; God's Grace

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New Testament Reading
Ephesians 6


Ephesians 6 -- Children, Parents, Slaves, Masters; the Full Armor of God

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Reading Plan Courtesy of Christian Classics Etherial Library.
Tyndale Life Application Daily Devotion
For our present troubles are small and won't last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever!
Insight
Our troubles should not diminish our faith or disillusion us. We should realize that there is a purpose in our suffering. Problems and human limitations have several benefits: (1) they remind us of Christ's suffering for us; (2) they keep us from pride; (3) they cause us to look beyond this brief life; (4) they prove our faith to others; and (5) they give God the opportunity to demonstrate his power.
Challenge
See your troubles as opportunities!
Morning and Evening by Spurgeon
Zechariah 14:7  At evening time it shall be light.

Oftentimes we look forward with forebodings to the time of old age, forgetful that at eventide it shall be light. To many saints, old age is the choicest season in their lives. A balmier air fans the mariner's cheek as he nears the shore of immortality, fewer waves ruffle his sea, quiet reigns, deep, still and solemn. From the altar of age the flashes of the fire of youth are gone, but the more real flame of earnest feeling remains. The pilgrims have reached the land Beulah, that happy country, whose days are as the days of heaven upon earth. Angels visit it, celestial gales blow over it, flowers of paradise grow in it, and the air is filled with seraphic music. Some dwell here for years, and others come to it but a few hours before their departure, but it is an Eden on earth. We may well long for the time when we shall recline in its shady groves and be satisfied with hope until the time of fruition comes. The setting sun seems larger than when aloft in the sky, and a splendour of glory tinges all the clouds which surround his going down. Pain breaks not the calm of the sweet twilight of age, for strength made perfect in weakness bears up with patience under it all. Ripe fruits of choice experience are gathered as the rare repast of life's evening, and the soul prepares itself for rest.

The Lord's people shall also enjoy light in the hour of death. Unbelief laments; the shadows fall, the night is coming, existence is ending. Ah no, crieth faith, the night is far spent, the true day is at hand. Light is come, the light of immortality, the light of a Father's countenance. Gather up thy feet in the bed, see the waiting bands of spirits! Angels waft thee away. Farewell, beloved one, thou art gone, thou wavest thine hand. Ah, now it is light. The pearly gates are open, the golden streets shine in the jasper light. We cover our eyes, but thou beholdest the unseen; adieu, brother, thou hast light at even-tide, such as we have not yet.

Daily Light on the Daily Path
Exodus 34:29  It came about when Moses was coming down from Mount Sinai (and the two tablets of the testimony were in Moses' hand as he was coming down from the mountain), that Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because of his speaking with Him.

Psalm 115:1  Not to us, O LORD, not to us, But to Your name give glory Because of Your lovingkindness, because of Your truth.

Matthew 25:37  "Then the righteous will answer Him, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry, and feed You, or thirsty, and give You something to drink?

Philippians 2:3  Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves;

1 Peter 5:5  You younger men, likewise, be subject to your elders; and all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for GOD IS OPPOSED TO THE PROUD, BUT GIVES GRACE TO THE HUMBLE.

Matthew 17:2  And He was transfigured before them; and His face shone like the sun, and His garments became as white as light.

Acts 6:15  And fixing their gaze on him, all who were sitting in the Council saw his face like the face of an angel.

John 17:22  "The glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, just as We are one;

2 Corinthians 3:18  But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.

Matthew 5:14,15  "You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden; • nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.

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