It's been a good month to hold on to this word-Hope. We have that sure and certain conviction that despite the snow, the cold, the bitter winds spring will arrive. The cold and snow will go. Our hope has never been dashed before. Hope: The ground for expecting something desired. the Promise. The hope I'm talking about is not the 'maybe' kind. It's the absolute assurance that what is promised will occur no matter what the outward circumstance looks like. It absolutely goes beyond the disappointment, discouragement and doubt to the place where FAITH rests. I expect "it" to happen. I expect it because I know the God who promised.
One of the great things about hope is that hope is a very strong thing. You can stomp it out, but boy is it hard to do. “Hope springs eternal in the human breast,” wrote the poet, and that was surely a true line. There’s just something hopeful about us as human beings.
"For who hopes for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience." (Rom:8:24) and this even better hope verse: Are you not He, O Lord our God? We set our Hope on you for you do all these things" (Jer. 14:22)
"And Hope does not disappoint us." (Rom. 5:5) Our friends might disappoint us. our marriage might disappoint. Our Children may disappoint. That gift I got for christmas might disappoint...but Hope? Never. Why? Because Hope does not depend on us. Hope does not depend on me. Thank God. It is from God. It is not wishful thinking, vague generalities. mooshy thinking. Hope is from God. And in Him we have our hope, our strength and our joy. So for the rest of the month, no matter what comes hold this thought: HOPE!
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