How can one be full of hope in the midst of feeling hopeless? It may come as no surprise to you, but HOPE is one of my favorite words. Hope is often times associated with “wishful thinking,” but the hope that God gives us is much different! Instead, God’s hope allows us to be filled with confidence! God’s hope enables us to have an unwavering confidence that God will fulfill all of His promises and that His faithfulness is steadfast! When the source of our confidence is found in God, we will find that it will supply us with the assurance needed to live our lives constantly abiding in Him!
So, I ask again, how can we be full of hope in the midst of feeling of hopeless? We can have hope when we feel hopeless because God’s hope is not wishful. His hope is rock solid, absolute, and can be fully trusted. We are whatever we fill our minds with, and therefore, to be full of hope we MUST be full of truth!
Seek out those moments when you can fill your hearts and minds with God’s word so that when times of hopelessness arise, seeking to knock you off your feet, you will instead find yourself still standing confidently because you have been constantly filling yourselves with the HOPE you have in Jesus! Keep running this race fueled and ready!
Romans 5:2-5
“And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.”
Highlighting the hope that we have in Christ! 