Apr 28 2009
Hope
There are a lot of people spewing “Doom & Gloom” in our world today. Some promote it because they feel despair. I’ve felt it myself at times. It is not what God designed but it happens.
Then there are those who live for “Doom & Gloom.” There are various reasons why. Some just see life as half-full or less. Others are so miserable they want everyone to be. Some excuse their “Doom & Gloom” on their faith. Still others want people to feel a sense of pending disaster because they want people to be dependent on them.
Ultimately, those of us who have a relationship with Jesus Christ should be promoting HOPE. No matter how bad things are we should have HOPE. I’m sure Adam and Eve felt despair when they were exiled from the Garden of Eden. But God gave them Hope. All through out the Bible, God tells people to take heart and have Hope. Yet many times, we I as a believer(s) don’t give Hope.
Our Hope isn’t in our 401 K’s. It isn’t who is elected political offices. Hope isn’t in our jobs or families. Our Hope is in Jesus Christ. I haven’t always been the best purveyor of Hope but in these tough economic times we need God’s Hope more than ever. The sky is not falling. Things will get better. God is in control.
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Amen
Our hope is in Christ, and our hope IS Christ. It is interesting that you make a post about hope, because I have been struggling spiritually, but this time it is different. I am going through one of the most difficult spiritual battles I have been through in my Christian walk. But I have hope. I’ve never had an earnest expectation for Christ’s resurrection power on my life. His power is what I have been desiring, yea, even praying for. He brought me through this down time to bring me to a new level. Christ is hope.
Amen! I am battling hope right now. Even though I am a believer In Christ Jesus I feel my armor is failing me…Thanks for words of wisdom!
Jessica,
In Romans 5, I believe, it tells us that we can rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Dissected and defined this tells us that we can have joy that repeats itself in the earnest expectation of making God look good. He is faithful and will deliver us.
C-mon curl your lips and swing them hips like Elvis…
Didja Ever have one of them days
Didja Ever have one of them days
Where nothin is right, from mornin til night
Didja ever have one them days
Hey it’s one thing to be faithless. God also knows HOPE Deferred will make the heart sick. Similarly we are to endure patiently the present day and age AND still pray for the great day of the Lord. Are we to choose one, or do both?
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The answer is obvious….Both
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So I mean no disrespect here nor am I showing any lack of faith by saying, ‘Enough faith already, gimme some sight, please?’
In Christ
Andrew
Michie,
I struggle every day. But Hope gets me through.
Jessica,
I’ll be praying for you.
Andrew,
I hear you.
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I too have struggled with hope, and some days are worse than others.
When our daughter was born with multiple disabilities I was at a very low point and was so ready to give up on God. I was so angry at Him, and we had words on more than one occasion.
Ok, I had words for Him, God mostly listened. Through the stillness of my soul, I learned God was big enough to handle my anger, and in fact His Love was exponetially bigger than my anger.
In the midst of my tantrums I started to realize that my daughter was actually divine gift of love just for me. I fell to my knees and wept like a baby right there in my hospital room. I picked up that baby girl and felt nothing but pure joy and love for her ever since.
She continues to exemplify and express God’s love perfectly. I could not have dreamed up a better representation than every thing she is, and will be. She gives me hope with her smiles, her joy, and even her attitude. She is one of the strongest souls you will ever meet, and faces challenges with a determination I’ve never had in my lifetime. And she does it all with an unending love for life. I have never seen anything like it, and I am awe inspired by her ever single day. Through her I have learned some very important lessons, but one of my favorites is this:
Never ever pray to God for an easy life. Instead, pray for the strength to handle a hard one.
I will never know what I did to deserve the gift I was given with her, but I praise Him daily for it.
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