The Promise

"My promise to you is the same as my promise to Moses: wherever you set foot, you will be on land I have given you" (Joshua 1:3). This was the promise given to Israel, but they only ever lived in a fraction of the area God told them they could have. Whatever the reasons—enemies, fears, …

So Hope

"I keep recalling this to my mind, and therefore I have hope: The Lord’s love and kindness never cease, and his compassion never fails. They are are renewed in me every morning. Great is your faithfulness toward me, Lord. You yourself are my inheritance, and so I can, and will, always have hope in you” …

Responding or Reacting

In 2 Kings 19, the enemy sent a threatening letter to the king, mocking his faith, declaring themselves superior in every way, and vowing to destroy him. Though he had authority and power, the king became overwhelmed with fear and frustration. I suppose he could have reacted in the same spirit, and either escalated the …