Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Everyone Needs Hope

Everyone needs hope. That includes you. Without hope patience gives way to frustration. Without hope waiting becomes useless. Without hope depression will be your constant companion. Who needs hope? You do. I do. Everyone without exception needs hope. 

Hope is your friend, sustaining you during hard times. Hope looks beyond the present circumstances. It focuses upon a better day. Hope gives strength to get through difficulties. True hope is found only in God. He is our hope, steadfast and sure. Hope sustains your faith. Hope leads us to love. "And now abide faith, hope, and love, these three; but the greatest of these is love" (1 Corinthians 13:13).

Hope is the gift of God's presence in your life. You cannot know God, without knowing hope. You can find hope in God, because God is your future. You can believe that future is good, because God is good. Hope is trustworthy, because God is faithful.

Hope is sure in the face of eternity, because God is eternal. God offers you eternal life through His Son. Christ the Lord is risen from the dead. Eternal life is God's gift to you in Christ. Hope in God through Christ is known in the Bible as the blessed hope. Yes, you need hope for today, tomorrow, and forever.