Are you hoping against hope?

Are you bereft of hope? You were banking on someone to bail you out, or to be the answer to your secure future, but all you are left with is disappointment and frustration.

Elijah was a man of God who lived in Israel during a severe famine. God instructed him to go to a neighbouring country and live there. Also, God provided for a poor widow who lived there to provide food for Elijah, and return God blessed the widow and her son with enough food for the rest of the famine.

Some time later the woman's only son became sick. He grew worse and worse, and finally he died. Then she said to Elijah, "O man of God, what have you done to me? Have you come here to point out my sins and kill my son?"

But Elijah replied, "Give me your son." And he took the child's body from her arms, carried him up the stairs to the room where he was staying, and laid the body on his bed. Then Elijah cried out to the Lord, "O Lord my God, why have you brought tragedy to this widow who has opened her home to me, causing her son to die?"

The Lord heard Elijah's prayer, and the life of the child returned, and he revived! If you are facing a dead situation - if you have children who are beyond hope, or you know someone who is desperately sick and there is no hope, or you have lost all your security or finances, believe that God knows your problem, he cares, and he is the only one who can help you out. Cry out to him like Elijah, till he answers your prayers. Don't give up or lose heart.

Pray this prayer: Dear God, I need your help. I am facing this insurmountable problem which has no solution. I ask for your help. Please give me a hope and a future, and I will remember to thank you when you do answer my prayer, and hear my cries. Show me signs of you and your goodness. In Jesus' Name I ask- Amen