A Path Called Hope by Paul E. Dawn Jr.
It is in the midst of the struggles of life, in the battles, that we learn, that we find our strength in Yeshua. We come to a place that we no longer look to ourselves but rather we look to Yeshua, the author and finisher of our faith.
It is when we come to an end of ourselves, to that place of saying, “Nevertheless Yeshua, your will be done, Your kingdom come. Reveal yourself in us that others might see the reality of the hope that is within.”
I share out of what has become real, that which has become part of my life, I share out of the hope that I have been given by Yeshua. To share out of that which I have and I’ am going through, not out of theory, but out of reality, out of a relationship with the Him.
To write about the hurts, the pains, the disappointments, about the defeats, and the victories, about joys, about my walk with Him during this time of my life.
The one thing I know, is that the only answer to these problems, to these things that we are going through in our lives , is to have absolute trust in Yeshua. That no matter what, even when we don’t understand what is going on, that we have to trust, to put ourselves in His hands and be utterly dependent upon Him.
We are in a world that says, do it yourself! You are your own master, your the one and that is not true. The only time we are free, totally free, is when we are a servant. In servant-hood, in serving Yeshua, in walking in His ways, in His word, then we are set free.
It is one of those things that boggles the old nature, our minds, that in serving we become free, we have to put it all back into our Fathers hands, we are those prodigal sons and daughters that are returning home, coming back to that place, that relationship with our Heavenly Father.
To be a servant is to be like Yeshua, to follow in His ways, to come to a place, that it is no longer we that live, but Yeshua that lives in us!
The natural mind can not comprehend that, but the spirit can. We put on the full armour of Yeshua, we renew our minds each day. Each day a new beginning, a fresh start, of trusting in the Him.
As long as we have hope, then we have everything, because our Hope rests in Yeshua, knowing that His plans for us as individuals, as a people, that they are good plans and that which He has begun in us He will finish.
I see a new path, a new trail of Hope, that grows larger as we press on and press into Yeshua, into the word and into His presence.
We are real people, going through real life, living in a real world, and we serve a real and living God, who sent His Son Yeshua to bring us home and He has given us His Holy Spirit to reveal His Word and Himself to us. That we can live and walk with hope and fellowship with our Saviour, and with each other.
Till later,
Paul
