Hope you can believe in…
Psalm 31:24
Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the LORD.Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.
Just a quick thought tonight.
Seems we have been hearing a lot lately about “change we can believe in”. I am not sure that the change we hear about will be good or bad. I have gotten to the point though where I do not put my Hope in anything of this world, including what could be the coming change.
Romans 8:24
For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has?
Hope in Christ is something I can believe in.
Psalm 146:5
Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God
Where do I get that hope? From the promise of salvation from Christ Jesus. Because of my salvation I have the Hope of eternal life. I have the hope of living in the perfection God meant us for when we were made.
Christ gives me the Hope I can believe in. My hope helps me solidify my faith.
Heb10:23 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful
I just could not imagine going back to my life before Christ. I often wonder what I hoped for back then, what keep me going day to day. I have so much hope now I can’t even come up with an answer for my past. Because of my Hope I do no have to be ashamed of my salvation or of my Christ.
Philippians 1:20
I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.
I seriously needed to be reminded of that, friend! Thanks so much for publishing this post!
Nor..I have to come back to Hope all the time. If I do not and I look to this world to bring me Joy I get discouraged.
My Hope is in nothing of this world. There is just so much Joy in that.
“I just could not imagine going back to my life before Christ. I often wonder what I hoped for back then, what keep me going day to day.”
I remember those days. I really didn’t have hope, I just kind of floated about from day to day with no real purpose or end in mind. By the grace of God I somehow ended up in a good place. But I know it is not of my own making, it is only because God intervened even before I was saved and saved me countless times.
Thank you, Carl!! I have to keep an eternal perspective. Life as I know it, in the flesh, is very difficult. This earthly tent moans…hope brings joy!
Amen brother!