Advent · Day 17 · Tuesday, December 15
The days are coming
Look, the days are coming, declares Yahweh, when I will fulfill the good promise I made to the house of Israel and the house of Judah.
Jeremiah was shut up in the courtyard of the guard when God spoke these words (Jeremiah 33:1). Babylon’s army was outside Jerusalem. Everything looked lost.
God says, “The days are coming.” He has made a good promise, and he will keep it. Not because things look good, but because he said so.
Hope in the Bible is not wishing. It is waiting on someone who has given his word. Many homes light a candle for hope on the first Sunday of Advent, and this chapter is often read with it.
Pray
God who keeps your word, when things look lost, remind me that the days are coming. Fill me with hope that rests on you. Amen.
Carry it today
What does hope look like for you this week?