Imagine discovering peace amid a troubled world. A spiritual place where you find serenity. Inner-calmness in times of distress. This is possible. And the key to finding hope on this corrupt planet comes through Christ.
The interesting part is God’s vision of hope provides a believer with an eternal future. Yes, an infinite existence freed from sin and full of His love. And a place where Christ lives and the angels sing songs of praise.
The Bible is full of God’s hope. Both the Old and New Testaments give evidence to His hopeful plan. In fact, God never stopped loving humanity, and when Adam and Eve fell from His grace, He gave them hope by offering them a choice through repentance (Genesis 3:22).
When God called on Moses to defeat Pharaoh, it gave the Israelites hope. It put an end to their slavery and propelled them into His grace. Even after their freedom and turned away from the Lord, He continued using prophets to show His unwavering hope for faithful believers.
The moment our Father delivered Christ into the world His new plan for hope emerged. God’s new blueprint for life beyond the flesh places Jesus as the centerpiece and where the Holy Spirit secures our eternal future. In fact, this Trinity is an unshakable foundation protecting us from God’s enemy.
Remember, Christ paid the price for our hope when He accepted His death, resurrection, and ascension into heaven. This is where God showed humanity His real love by sacrificing His Son for salvation. How awesome is that?
Faith coupled with trust is hope.
By placing faith in Christ and trusting Him with God’s plan, it takes our focus off the cruelty of the world. In reality, this allows us to live in the Spirit of Truth. Being surrounded by wickedness is troubling, but our Christian hope anchors us in God’s strength providing us the courage to live holy.
Here’s something we both can agree on is through devotion to Christ our lives become richer in God’s Spirit. Nothing else matches the hope God brings. So, when you find yourself disturbed over the evil events the world displays, turn to Christ and embrace salvation.
How do you find hope?
Walter,
I’m sharing this. Next week a small group we belong to will be discussing a question at my request. It was posed to Christians. The question is” What if you are wrong?
When you come from backgrounds like ours, the question throws you at first. My life in the here and now would be horrible. And it is because we have hope. Without it, well, I don’t even need to go there anymore.
Not sure if I made sense but I am grateful for this post. Thanks!
Hello, Deb. You made good sense in sharing your thoughts. Hope is something I never had until God graced me with Christ and anointed me with the Holy Spirit. Every day when all goes south hope never fades away. GBY