Life-Giving Stream
Where do you see God's faithful presence flowing like a steady stream in your life or community?
Jeremiah 33:14
“The days are coming," declares God, "when I will fulfill the good promise I made.”
God’s promises, when fulfilled, often feel like they should unfold with dramatic flair. Like a chorus of angelic voices blasting from on high. Yet, rather than earth-shaking, flood-making moments, fulfilled promises can be revealed quietly—a slow and steady transformation. Like a life-giving stream that shapes and nurtures the surrounding landscape, not through an instant and destructive flood, but through God’s faithful presence.
But it takes a millennia for a stream to cut stone. So, how do we hold onto hope when change takes time?
This question feels heavy. Jeremiah’s community needed change and fast. They were watching their city crumble—their world fall apart.
Yet Jeremiah clung to hope and told others to do the same. Despair was a reasonable response, but instead, he trusted in God's faithfulness. Maybe this is what hope looks like—choosing to trust in God's steady work, moment by moment, even when all we see is ruin.
Where do you see God's faithful presence flowing like a steady stream in your life or community? How might you join the flow of justice (Amos 5:24), even when change seems slow?