But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things happened.
Yesterday’s title was day 3 and today’s title is third day. That is not a mistake. It is a concept which is not easily recognized from a worldly point of view. Every day we wake up is a third day.
Lamentations 3:22-24 English Standard Version
22 The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end;
23 they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
24 “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.”
What we hope for in this life says more about us and our expectations than it does about what is true. Their hope was for all Israel, God’s hope was for all mankind. Yesterday is dead and gone, we don’t live in the past. His mercies are found simply in the fact we get a new day to experience. What we can hope for in truth is found in Him, not our expectations.
but I do as the Father has commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us go from here.
Wake up, get up and receive new marching orders. Maybe the command will be “carry on”, maybe not, we will never know if we do not ask. I try to wake up every morning with this one question, “Where are we going today Lord?” That is my hope for myself. I don’t get to tell you what to do. He is your Lord, is He not?
Rather than being tedious with this exercise in experience, I will draw this to one final conclusion tomorrow. You can thank me later.