We hope for all sorts of things. When we struggle with life, we hope we can make it through one more day. When we manage to get through the door and begin our recovery, we hope we can stick around and really live well in sobriety. Hope is that feeling or desire, or even expectation, that a certain thing can happen.
The problem with finding and maintaining hope is, what we hope for is not seen today. We have heard good news. In the hope that it is true, we reach out to make it our own. The Bible describes it this way:
Although it may take time for all God’s promises to come alive in us we have God’s sure and steadfast promise to pin our hopes on.
But the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him, on those whose hope is in his unfailing love, to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine. (Psalm 33:18-19 NIV)
Hope in the Lord; for with the Lord there is unfailing love. His redemption overflows. (Psalm 130:7 NLT)
Every day we need to invite God to fill us with hope that is based on His unfailing promises and His ability to carry out what He says He will do. This is how we come to believe that a power greater than ourselves can restore us to sanity and this is the way we come to live in hope.
Prayer: Loving God, Please fill me with Your love, joy and peace so that I can trust in You, and overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen
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