with patience wait for it.
“But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it. ” Romans 8 verse 25
Hope rocks some serious acquaintance with other words such as:
anticipation,
expectation
confidence,
trust,
look for
wish
aim
hankering
desire
To name a few. All positive and connected.
without faith it is impossible to please God
“People need to have faith because they need hope.”
The need for hope is a soul wrenching desire to touch the infinite even when we are finite.
A need that has no boundaries, no roadblocks, nothing that could bar that light of expectation from bursting forth.
It is incredible and far beyond magnificent.
It is the impetus that keeps the weary heart beating, the silent lips praying and weak mind dreaming.
If faith is the moon than hope is the rising sun that chases the shadows away.
Without faith it is impossible to please the true and living God.
The Lord also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the Lord will be the hope for his people. Joel 3 verse 16
There is a wrong and a right even with hope.
False hope is based on ignorance, believing unrealistically, given to foolish expectations.
There is a wrong and a right, even with hope.
But what if you believe and have faith and ask doubting nothing, but trusting that these things will come to pass, is that not hope?
Hope at times is blind to reality. It only sees the possible through the eyes of faith.
There is no vengeful desires with hope.
There is no consumption of lust.
There is no darkness in hope.
There is no fear with hope, because fear has torment.
There is only peace. This is the peace of God that surpasses all understanding.
(references: Matthew 19 verse 26, Mark 11 verse 23, Luke 1 verse 37, Philippians 4 verse 7, James 4 verses 2 and 3, 1 John 4 verse 18)
Faith has no eyes to see with or ears to hear with
“Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope.” Acts 2 verse 26
In order to say and not only that, but to believe that there is hope in this world, faith must be engaged.
Faith is the underpinning of hope. And faith like a grain of mustard seed, multiples into an abundance of anticipation.
Faith has no eyes to see with or ears to hear with, but it exists because it believes when there is nothing but hope to rely on.
He is my anchor in the storm
What if hope is false? What is with great expectations comes great disappointments?
What if indeed?
Surely there is an end and (my) expectancy shall not be cut off. I live in faith for my soul waits upon God, and my expectation is from Him. (Proverbs 23 verse 18 and Psalm 6 verse 25)
He is my hope, my anchor in the storm, therefore I can trust in Him.
This is true Hope without falsehood.
the dead cannot hope
Dead men cannot hope. Hope is for the living not the dead.
For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope,
For a living dog is better than a dead lion.
For the living know that they shall die; but the dead know not any thing,
Neither have they any more reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
Also their love, and their hatred and their envy is now perished; neither have they any more portion forever in anything that is done under the sun. Ecclesiastes 9 verse 4
It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait
This I recall to my mind therefore have I hope.
It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed,
Because his compassions fail not
They are new every morning: great is they faithfulness,
The Lord is my portion, says my should; therefore will I hope in Him.
The Lord is good unto them that wait for him,
to the soul that seeks him.
It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.
Laminations 3 verses 21 to 26 by Jeremiah the weeping prophet of Judah circa 586 BC – consists of 5 poems. This is taken from the 3rd poem called the Lament of the prophet.
hope makes us not ashamed
Rest knowing there is always Hope. And Hope makes us not ashamed
“You shall be secure because there is Hope.” Job 11 verse 18
Hope keeps on the lights e
“If I should say I have hope” Ruth 1 verse 12
Hope is an energy that makes the lights stay on.
It thinks of the good, that something wonderful will happen.
Not that it could happen, but it will happen now, at this very moment.
It believes and waits in sweet anticipation for the now.
But when nothing gives way in the now, hope doesn’t wither and fade;
Eyes are set on the horizon, on the new tomorrows, on the future that will come.
Always believing never standing on the bleakness of disbelief,
But knowing with certainty, it will happen.
The lights will stay on;
The lights will shine bright; brighter still than the noonday sun.
When there is hope, disbelief cannot abide.
A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavers (doubts) is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think he shall receiver any thing of the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. James 1 verse 6-8
Doubt is a long and dark path the heart veers onto from time to time. A path where there is no light for guidance, no light to see the way, a way that will surly end in a void filled with fear, disbelief and despair.
A void so vast it threatens to encompass and to destroy the mighty prospects and wishes only hopefulness can afford.
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