I'm reading The Message this year in my devotional time. What I've read of it, I've really enjoyed. Eugene Petersen has a real knack for Bible paraphrase. It's going to be a great year of devotions [sure I missed them yesterday and had to catch up today...].
I was really struck by the paraphrase of Acts 2.26: I've pitched my tent in the land of hope. This is Peter's great sermon at Pentecost where he is quoting David. I love the imagery here, as he essentially invites them to pitch their own tents in the land of hope. I think it is telling what David says here. He doesn't say that he has pitched his tent in the land of certainty [ESV - my flesh also will dwell in hope], but in the land of hope.
This, after all, is the lot of the follower of Christ in this life. We live in hope. Perhaps the best definition of hope in this context is: a person or thing in which expectations are centered. We pitch our tents in the land of hope in Christ! It is a good place to pitch our tents.
Have you pitched your tent in the land of hope?
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