Our world is full of great cause for alarm. AI potentially running amok, climate change, politics, war – take your pick. Hope in the face of these concerns is a precious commodity. However, the context of this week’s scripture reminds us that the prophets also lived during troubling times as well. When faced with oppressive powers or oppressive times, we are faced with a choice. Do we assimilate, accommodate, or do we take the most dangerous option – resistance? Without resistance, many may suffer through our lack of action. One of the most powerful tools of resistance is hope. Trey Ferguson’s sermon explores how hope is the exercise of the positive expectation in God’s goodness, best practiced in community. The prophets teach us that hope comes from having a God mighty enough to save us and that you can count on that salvation. However, we must carry the burden of this expectation together. That as we wait upon the Lord with an audacious hope, God will effect changes that create an almost unrecognizable improvement in circumstances. Come and listen as Trey offers his interpretation of how we will live to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
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