"The Mark of Hope"

"My soul waiteth for the LORD more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning." (Psalms 130:6)

  Talk about entering in, this is really bigger than just entering in, this is more about being ushered in; almost as though it is our destiny, just as the morning comes, regardless! Let's try and understand something about what this actually means, because there is something here that is a cause for celebration. God is offering redemption to each and every person everywhere, without exception! There is only one condition for anyone that wants redemption, that they reach out and take hold of it, embracing it and owning it as their own. I know that everyone will not understand that, it is just the way that it works; there will always be those that will try to figure out a way to try and earn it, but it cannot be earned, it is freely given. Who brings the morning, faithfully, each and every day? Can anyone add to or take away from the manifestation of the morning? It is 100% God's doing! He made the morning, and He keeps it showing up! Go ahead, tell me that I have lost it and that I am reading too much into this; but it is really not that hard to comprehend, because God's promises are more sure than even the mornings! Matthew Henry says it like this: "Well-assured that the morning will come; and so am I that God will return in mercy to me, according to his promise; for God's covenant is more firm than the ordinances of day and night, for they shall come to and end, but that is everlasting." If we believe it, it is the mark of hope! Nothing can persuade us otherwise; no one can change our mind! The whole point of the, "whosoever believeth," is those that point to Jesus as the source of their salvation. It is a mystery to try and figure it out, but it is very simple to enter in. I can't quite put my finger on it, but the word, "watch," is the same word as, "mark," that was in verse 3; no pun intended...

""No one has ever gone to heaven and returned. But the Son of Man has come down from heaven. And as Moses lifted up the bronze snake on a pole in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, so everyone who believes in him will have eternal life. For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him. There is no judgment against anyone who believes in him. But anyone who does not believe in him has already been judged for not believing in God's one and only Son."" (John 3:13-18) NLT