Guide me
in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you
all day long. Psalm 25:5
Did you know there is a town called New Hope, PA.?
The town of New Hope, like many other towns, has parking
meters on its’ city street.
And in order to park on the streets of New Hope, you need
to fill the meter with money. As long as
you keep putting money in the meter, you can park there as long as you want.
If you let the New Hope parking meters run out of money, someone
is going to write you a ticket, or worse yet, come and tow your vehicle.
Nowadays, some cities deploy use of a “wheel boot.” It’s a contraption that attaches to your
vehicle’s tires, so you can’t drive it. It
has proven to be a very effective means to get people to pay their parking fines.
Our lives our much like that. We need to keep our hope meter full by
seeing, thinking, and speaking hope.
When we do, our hearts will stay “parked” on hope. We will live in a place of confident
expectation of the fulfillment of God’s promises.
If we don’t keep our hope meter full, our hearts will be
shackled with fear, doubt, and despair and immobilize us in the Kingdom of God.
In all seriousness, when we continually allow God to fill
our mind with His truths, being hopeful will become a natural spiritual reflex
for us.
Hope will infiltrate every fiber of our being. It will bubble over in our words and
actions. Others will see the message of
hope in us (Christ in us, the hope of glory) and they will want to “park” their
hearts on the streets of hope and live in that place of continual trust in God.
Now that’s heaven on earth.
What a beautiful place to dwell.
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