Finding Hope in A Modern World

       We live in a technological age where all kinds of information are at our fingertips.  Out of curiosity, I asked Alexa, my artificial intelligent gizmo where the cat was and it answered, "It will come home when it is hungry."  To be honest, I didn't expect it to say anything.  You would think, we could find hope in such a modern world but instead, we find that there are many people in the world which have no hope.  There is nothing in their life that would help them see that they have some kind of hope either in someone or in some thing for the future.  A life that is void of Christ in any respect will be a life that is void of any kind of hope.  It is also true that some people have created their own hope by making a false statement.  Many of the false religions of the world promote a false hope.  Christianity is unique in that it has the only true basis for hope which is the Lord Jesus Christ being risen from the grave.  Our hope is based in the fact of the resurrection.  Psalm 78:5-7 says, "For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children: That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:  That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments."  
       In the Old Testament, God provided the basis for hope.  When the Israelites were introduced to God while they were in Egypt, they saw first hand what He could do.  The miracles were profound and offered to the Israelites a basis for true hope.  All they had to do was to remember what the Lord had done in the story of their deliverance while they were in the land of Egypt.  All they had to do was to tell their children what God had done and then the children would be able to see the hand of God.  We sometimes forget what God can do and how He does work in the world and specifically, in our lives.  We sometimes forget the miracle of our new birth or how He provided during lean years or how He gave us enough strength to get through that problem we had a couple of years ago.  We often forget how God worked during times for suffering or grief.  Now, God hasn't changed.  The only thing that has changed is the fact that we have forgotten how God worked in our lives.  At least every person that reads this devotion has access to a copy of the Bible.  More than likely, you have more than one.  So, you have access to the account of what God did in the lives of the Israelites and you also have access to the promises that God has said for you.  For those who feel as if they have no hope, just take a moment and remember what God did in the past, what he has done for you already in your life and the promises that He has given in His Word.  Praise God today for the hope that He has given to all of us.