The Sure Hope That is Ours in Christ

There is surely a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off.  –Proverbs 23:18 

I have long been intrigued by the power of hope in our lives.  If we lose hope we lose the will to go on.  If we lose the will to go on we run the risk of losing the desire to live, and if that happens the results can be a disaster.  Hope is that overpowering force that keeps us going forward when we might otherwise have given up.  Those who find themselves in the pit of despair can only climb up and out of that state if they believe that there is still hope in doing do.  Lose the hope to climb out of the pit and a person is liable to just lie there and wait for someone to come along and fill in the hole.

The Word of God says that there is a future hope for you and that blessed hope will not be cut off.  This promise is not scattered aimlessly abroad, but rather is directed at those who will by faith put their trust in the Lord.  Christ will empower us to move forward even in the midst of the most dark and desperate times and He does so when we put our faith in him.  You see, the promise comes to those who trust the Lord, and that promise is as certain as the Word of God is trustworthy.  Were we to believe that we have lost hope we have the assurance that there is indeed a future hope for us in the Lord.  He will not leave us, forget about us, nor forsake us, and He will ever be our hope in the most difficult times of life. 

In Jesus Christ we need not be hope-less, but we can daily remain hope-full.  Imagine the human heart resembling a gallon pitcher and hope as clear, cool water.  Every day the Lord will fill our pitchers with refreshing water – the hope that is surely ours.  The hope that is found in Jesus Christ is ours to claim each and every day.

 

Do not despair and do not fret.  There is a hope for you in Jesus Christ.  And that hope will not be taken away.  The Lord has promised and He is faithful.