Daily Devotion

 With Pastor Ancel Presnell

“RECALL HOPE – THE FIRST STEP OF RESET”

Lamentations 3:21 — “This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.”

Jeremiah had reached a place many believers eventually find themselves—overwhelmed, exhausted, and spiritually narrowed by pain. His vision had become tunnel vision. All he could see was suffering, loss, unanswered prayer, and affliction. As Charles Spurgeon described him, Jeremiah was not a hardened man, but one whose heart nearly broke with every word he spoke (Spurgeon, 1893). His pain was real, and God allowed him to record it honestly.

But verse 21 marks a decisive turn. Jeremiah does not deny his suffering, nor does he minimize it. Instead, he does something intentional—he recalls. He brings truth back to the forefront of his mind. And that act of remembering changes everything. “This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.” Hope did not come because circumstances improved, but because Jeremiah’s focus shifted back to God.

That is where every RESET begins. Whether life has been full of victory or full of valleys, we all reach moments where we must choose what we will recall. If we dwell only on what is immediately in front of us, we will lose hope. But when we recall who God is and what He has promised, hope returns—even before relief does.