Romans 15:13 – May the God of HOPE fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
The world is a very dangerous place to live in especially in these days. We are not in a position to control anything as life is fleeting. Many are afraid and anxious.We don’t have enough of anything. There are money issues, health scares, broken families, war in our communities, death of loved ones and the list goes on. We can’t seem to ‘catch a breath.’ Hope doesn’t seem to be relevant anymore hence some turn to various ‘fixes’ for temporary comfort. This week, i want to present to you, HOPE in Christ.
The song says, ‘turn your eyes on Jesus, look full in His wonderful face and the things of this world will become strangely dim in the light of his glory and grace.’ If in this life we have hope, we would be men most miserable (1 Corinthians 15:19). Hope is meant to be in Christ as He is constant and does not change. Doesn’t it make sense to put our hope in someone that remains the same even in moments when we are changing. When we don’t know what is next and how we are going to solve the next problem? You may say, i want something or someone i can see and feel. Hope is not tangible, it cannot be seen or felt. Does this mean, we should do away with it? Absolutely not. We throw the ball up in the air, with the expectation that it will fall back to the ground because of the law of gravity. Hope is the law of the Kingdom of God. It is having expectation of the unknown to make itself visible in the known (natural).
The hope that is needed in the world today, is not that of ‘wild expectation or selfish desires,’ but rather hope that relies completely on the finished work of the cross. Its hope in Jesus Christ and what He has done for us. 1 Peter 1:3 tells us that when we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior, we are born again in a living hope (God). All of what we seek is already in Christ. It is in Him that we have complete joy and peace but it requires us to have steady trust and focus on Him alone; which does makes sense because how can you want to experience the best of something or someone new without exercising absolute confidence and trust. This confidence and trust allow for the God of hope to indwell us. He comes with what is required to combat that which was orchestrated to destroy us.
1 Peter 5:7 says cast your cares\anxiety on Him because he cares for you. Whatever you face today, whatever you have been struggling with, God can fix it on your behalf. He can calm the troubled water of your soul, he can cleanse and make you whole. I promise you that He brings new life to any dead situation (i have proven him for myself). Jesus loves you and wants the best for you. You were not created to worry and stress but rather to cast all the things that give rise to anxiety and fear on him. He is big enough to carry it all hence the reason Christ died.
Be confident in God and not your capabilities. Be resilient amidst life challenges. Find strength from the joy of the Lord.
Hope thou in God.
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