One of the emails in my inbox when I got up last Saturday morning asked me, “Are you ready for an amazing August?” Am I ready? Ah, yep! Of course, their determination of my August was dependent upon my purchasing a new coffee maker along with a lot of “autumn” flavors.
But am I ready for an amazing August? More than ready. The first half of 2020 has been less than amazing. I am ready to turn a corner and see 2020 end on a much better note. Do I expect that to actually happen? No. I expect 2020 to end on a down note. I think recovery from this fear-and-virus pandemic and economic downturn will take far longer than we anticipate.
Still, can August be amazing? Yes, it can. It can because I have put my hope in the promises of God, in His Word to His children. The psalmist wrote in Psalm 119, “You are my shelter and my shield; I put my hope in Your word.” [vs 114 HCSB]
At the end of his life, Joshua reminded those he led that everything God had promised them had come true. Not one of God’s promises had failed. “I am now going the way of all the earth, and you know with all your heart and all your soul that none of the good promises the Lord your God made to you has failed. Everything was fulfilled for you; not one promise has failed.” [Joshua 23:14 HCSB]
I know August can be amazing, even in the midst of a fear-and-virus pandemic in our nation because our God has promised us that by trusting in Him, we have life and that life can be an abundant one. He has promised us that we have a future and a hope. He has promised us an inheritance in the saints. He has promised us that He alone is our shelter and our shield and if we put our hope in His Word, nothing in this world is strong enough to take us away from Him.
Amen & Amen.
