Christ Our Hope

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

 

Romans 15:13

 

 

Many "voices" offer solutions from the minds of men and women in the world. They all promise hope, but none can guarantee it. But for us who believe, Christ is our hope.

 

Paul had a deep desire for all believers to have total spiritual satisfaction in Christ alone. The above verse is a prayer for us to have satisfied souls in Christ to know and experience the peace, the hope, the love, the victory, the joy, and the power of the indwelling Spirit of God—the Holy Spirit. 

 

Like Paul we "have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us. This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the Presence behind the veil, where the forerunner has entered for us…" (Hebrews 6:18b-20a). The promise of hope for us—and a watching world—is forever fulfilled in Christ!

 

Seek to recognize where God is calling you to be an example of hope to others for His glory. Be Christ, who is our hope, to a world that is crying out for hope.  We need to be bearers of God's sure hope. May we be found "not lagging in diligence, fervent in Spirit, serving the Lord; rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer…" (Romans 12:11-12).