Romans 15:13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Have you ever lost anything, searched and searched for it, and then been so delighted when it reappeared?
There is something important we can lose if we're not careful and it's our hope. We may become discouraged because prayers don't seem to be answered on our timetable and we're tempted to let our hope slide. But the Holy Spirit is with us to help us get our hope back and our joy.
Faith is the substance of things 'hoped' for. When we hope for something then our faith has something to grab a hold of, to believe for.
Bible hope, as we know, is not some airy fairy, may or may not happen, thing. Bible hope is a great expectation of good from God, a confidence inspired by our trust in His faithfulness that what He has promised will happen.
That's why when bad things happen in our lives we don't have to give in to despair because we know we have a promise from God that says He'll turn it round for our good, (Romans 8:28) that He's promised us a hope and a future which will bless us. (Jeremiah 29:11)
If we'll just hold on to God's promises we will see them come to pass. All our hope is fixed on Jesus, in His blood and righteousness, because all of the promises of God are 'Yes and Amen in Him'.
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