Holding On To Hope

 When we are hoping to attend a scheduled event we often rely on another person to do something that will enable us to get to the event. An illustration would be trusting someone to pick up the tickets for us so that we can attend. Our hope is focused on getting to the event, so we would not trust just anyone to get the tickets but instead would choose someone we know we could rely on.  What is our hope for today and who can we trust to help us fulfill that hope? 

 Through faith in the finished work of Jesus, we are assured of our place with Him in the Kingdom of God.  In fact, Jesus is the only way we can get a “ticket” to the fulfillment of all God’s promises to us. The love that God has for us gives us hope and a future and we will never be disappointed.  Liberation from sin gives us the assurance that all God’s promises to us are a definite “Yes” because His seal of ownership is on us, and His Spirit is in our hearts.  

 Do we have hope to be like Jesus when He returns?  To be like Him, we need to know what He is like.  We need to improve our conscious contact with God through prayer and meditation on the Scriptures and learn about how Jesus He came into the world not to judge it, but to save it.  

 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.” (John 5:24 NKJV)

Prayer: Loving God, Thank You for the hope and assurance I have through believing that Jesus came into the world to pay the sin debt I owed. Please help me get rid of all my impure desires and lusts and be transformed by the renewing of my mind, so that daily I may become more like Jesus in all my thoughts and actions. Amen