The Door Called Hope

Hosea 2-5; Hebrews 2 

“There I will give her back her vineyards, and will make the Valley of Achor a door of hope. There she will sing as in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt.”

Hosea 2:15

The Valley of Achor was where Achan was buried after he stole a Babylonian robe and money from Jericho. God clearly said the Israelites were to touch nothing. Achor means trouble, the kind of trouble we find ourselves in when we rebel against God’s ways and pursue security and self-indulgence. In his mercy, God is able to redeem the Valley at Achor and make it a door of hope – tikvah (Hebrew) – in our lives if we will humble ourselves and repent. The pain of Achor gives motivation for us to open the door of hope when we see it, and walk through. We serve the God of all hope and the resurrection of Christ from the dead means our hope is eternal. When we are troubled by sin, we look for the door of hope!

“Lord Jesus, you are my hope. I choose to live for you and share your Gospel, for your glory.”