YOU ALONE

Jeremiah 17:17
Lord, do not desert me now!
You alone are my hope
in the day of disaster.



When desperate people completely lose hope, it's not out of the question to find them thinking about suicide. The main reason that the desperate would even consider such a tragic "solution" is that they just can't see any hopeful bright spots because everything feels dark, painful and hopeless. The concept of hope represents something unseen in the future that a depressed mind just can't materialize for their present situation. Only God knows the things that are hoped for because He is present in the eternity past and the eternity future at the same exact time. This makes God able to simultaneously see that which is hoped for and know whether or not it materializes into reality. God is even able to see if what we hope for is good or bad for us. The prophet Jeremiah recognized the value of hope in Jeremiah 17:17. His prayer was for God to rescue him because God was indeed his only hope. Without question, if God is in your life, even your most desperate days have bright spots because of the hope that God places in your heart.