{"id":12564,"date":"2025-05-31T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=12564"},"modified":"2025-05-19T06:35:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T11:35:51","slug":"uphold-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/05\/31\/uphold-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Uphold Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One-minute read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Violet-And-Green-Natural-Hello-May-Greeting-Facebook-Cover-Instagram-Post-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Violet-And-Green-Natural-Hello-May-Greeting-Facebook-Cover-Instagram-Post-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Violet-And-Green-Natural-Hello-May-Greeting-Facebook-Cover-Instagram-Post-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Violet-And-Green-Natural-Hello-May-Greeting-Facebook-Cover-Instagram-Post-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Violet-And-Green-Natural-Hello-May-Greeting-Facebook-Cover-Instagram-Post-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Violet-And-Green-Natural-Hello-May-Greeting-Facebook-Cover-Instagram-Post-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Violet-And-Green-Natural-Hello-May-Greeting-Facebook-Cover-Instagram-Post.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Samak, the original Hebrew word for uphold, means \u201cto lean upon, rely upon, gain confidence, strengthen, refresh.\u201d<a href=\"#_ftn1\" id=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a>&nbsp; When the storm winds blow, God\u2019s promises will keep you anchored to the solid rock, not letting you get overtaken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Standing on faith can seem risky.&nbsp; We must wait without knowing what or when the Lord will move in our circumstances.&nbsp; Non-believers won\u2019t understand, and may even ridicule us for our faith, but in the end, God will prevail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Moses built the ark, it took over 100 years.&nbsp; He took much abuse from passers-by in a land that had never experienced a rain shower.&nbsp; But in the end, the floods came, and what seemed ridiculous didn\u2019t seem so funny.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following God\u2019s promptings may cause us to do uncanny things, but when His will unfolds, we\u2019ll understand.&nbsp; We only see in part now, one day, we will see the whole.&nbsp; Wait on the Lord, trust His promises, and know God\u2019s word never comes back void.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an ever-changing world, the Creator\u2019s promises don\u2019t change.&nbsp; We can rely on the Lord\u2019s covenants; He always keeps His word.&nbsp; Live in the hope of what will come as God\u2019s plan unfolds in your life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Prayer:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Lord,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Thank You for Your reliability and trustworthiness.&nbsp; Help us wait for Your will to come to fruition in our lives.&nbsp; Let us live in Your hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">IJNIP. Amen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" id=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Psalm%20119%3A115-116&amp;version=NIV&amp;tab=interlinear<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One-minute read. Samak, the original Hebrew word for uphold, means \u201cto lean upon, rely upon, gain confidence, strengthen, refresh.\u201d[1]&nbsp; When the storm winds blow, God\u2019s promises will keep you anchored to the solid rock, not letting you get overtaken. Standing on faith can seem risky.&nbsp; We must wait without knowing what or when the Lord&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/05\/31\/uphold-me\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Uphold Me<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12564"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12567,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12564\/revisions\/12567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}