He’s Delivering Me…

Dear Sister Reader,
Our Father sent me a gift in a friend called Hope. I held her back for a while and then I lost her, but now that I’ve found her again, I’m sending her to you. She will tell you great stories and show you the most beautiful visions about your life. They will tie in with the promises Father wrote about to you in His word. So expect by faith with Hope: confidence, love, purpose, joy, peace, and satisfaction. It may or may not surprise you that Hope will have her own expectations, like faithfulness, humility, contentedness, and self-control. To meet or not meet Hope’s expectations is most definitely your choice. Still, if you notice something, she requires a little less than what she gives which already makes her a pretty good friend. Do your best to be a good friend in return. And remember, she’s a gift from God; so it would please Him for you to treat her well.
Don’t listen to or feed the lies and rumors others may tell you about Hope. Some may make fun of you for having her around. Others may try to convince you that she’s not a good friend at all or that having a friend like Hope will lead you down the wrong roads or a road to nowhere. My testimony is that Hope is a really good friend, worth holding on to, and a necessary treasure to share. The more you spend time with her, the more you’ll realize these things and more about Hope for yourself. My greatest point of advice to you, my sister, is not to lose her. Life has a way of trying to steal, kill, and destroy Hope, but if you hold to your faith and the Father’s hand and choose to try to meet Hope’s expectations, I promise you, life won’t be able to destroy your friendship or the blessings that will come with it.
Don’t be discouraged when it seems like life has succeeded because the blessings you hoped for don’t come wrapped in the packaging you expected or arrive in the time that you planned. Hope operates on Father’s timing and if you know Him like I know Him, then you should know that it’s best to just trust, be patient, stay content, and hold more tightly to Hope. Your faithfulness will be tried. You may grow to expect that certain things are owed to you as you asked for them and in the time you expected them, but stay humble. And just when you think you’re about to lose your mind and waste your time on pity, destructive habits, and self-righteous disobedience, remember Hope requested that you have self-control and you can blame Father for that. See below what He writes about Hope in Romans 5:
“Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character, and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us” (vv. 1-4).
Father has this thing about introducing Hope into our lives. Hope is given to us for God’s glory, grows on us through testing, and helps us to keep standing in line with His will by connecting us to His love. In His love there is no shame and there is no fear. I share my testimony about His love; how in love He has been delivering me from everything that operates against Hope. He’s delivering me to live, to trust, to give, to teach, to learn, to grow, and to love Him and love like Him. I hope that by sharing my story, you come to realize that He’s delivering you to great things too.

Your Sister and Friend,
M. Sherice