Here’s that word again.
It’s the third time in three verses of the six we’ve been memorizing.
Yachal
What does it mean?
Yachal is the Hebrew word for “to hope, to wait.”
We’ve seen it in Lamentations 3:21:
But this I call to mind, and therefore I have HOPE:
In 3:24:
“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will HOPE in him.”
And this week in 3:26, even though the English translation in ESV is “wait”, it’s from the same Hebrew root word as “hope” in the other verses:
It is good that one should WAIT quietly for the salvation of the LORD.
(KJV says, “It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.”
This hoping, this waiting, is not a passive thing. It is having an expectant attitude. It is keeping your eyes open for something good to show up.
Because God is good. And God always shows up to deliver us.
Thanks for reading along with us these six weeks as we’ve concentrated on these six verses in Lamentations 3. We pray these truth’s about God’s goodness and faithfulness stay with us much longer.
We can confidently expect God to stay with us forever!
What are you hoping for as we move into November toward Thanksgiving and Christmas?
Please share what you’re thinking in the comments.
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