Hope in the “Yet”

“Yet when they turned and cried to you, you heard from heaven, and many times you delivered them according to your mercies.” —Nehemiah 9:28

I’m convinced that becoming a mother restructured my eardrums. Before having kids, I could sleep through anything. Now, the softest whisper from my sons can jolt me awake. My ears, it seems, are always on high alert for any indication that my children are crying out for their momma.

God is also listening, waiting for us to cry out to Him in desperate, focused prayer about what’s happening in our lives, our churches, and our world.

Look again at Nehemiah 9:28. “Yet when they turned and cried to you, you heard from heaven, and many times you delivered them according to your mercies” (emphasis added).

Our world is experiencing political division, economic hardship, medical crises, personal and corporate devastation, and erosion of biblical values. And yet . . . when we turn and cry out to God, He hears us. He delivers us according to His mercies. Let’s cry out to Him and declare our hope in the “yet.”