Hope is a wonderful blessing from God, without which we would be vulnerable to all kinds of destructive tendencies in our lives. Today’s society is marked by depression, anger, fear, anxiety and self-righteousness, in large part, because of the sense of hopelessness that prevails in our culture. Isaiah writes to a people who are about to be taken into captivity because of their sin. God knows that they will feel rejected, threatened and hopeless so He reveals His future plans for the nation in order to give them hope in the midst of the coming trial. Hope is the expectation of good based upon the promises of God. Many times when our lives are marked by the sins mentioned above it is because we have forgotten or failed to focus upon the promises of God’s Word. THE PROMISE OF GOD: From the very first day that God revealed His plan for the nation of Israel, He promised numerous descendants. God chose Abraham, not because he was more righteous than any of the other people of his
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