Hope. It is the light that flickers deep inside, fueling us through the hard times, the seemingly catastrophic. Hope trusts there is light at the other end of the tunnel, a positive outcome on the other side of the investment or the journey.
We need hope to survive, to power through, to wage war, to keep pushing through the tunnel, and to continue investing our energy. We must hold on to it, no matter what the diagnosis, prognosis or the news reports. Those who lose hope are in a dangerous situation. We must value our lives as creations of God, made in His image, by fighting to maintain our hope against all odds.
What is “Hope”? def.
- a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen.
- a person or thing that may help or save someone
- grounds for believing that something good may happen.
Let me ask you:
- On what are you placing your hope – your expectation, your trust, your beliefs?
- Who are you trusting to save you, to pull you out of this situation?
Where we place our Hope is most paramount, especially these days and in the days to come. If Hope is such a powerful life force, we must use wisdom and prudence in where we place our hope. We mustn’t trust just anyone or any situation we see with the naked eye.
- What is your source of hope?
- Who is your source of hope?
If you place your hope in the stock market, the job market, in politicians, medical professionals, clients, customers, others, yourself… your hope will certainly wain. The projections aren’t always up, and the prognosis might even be consistently down. But these are unreliable places to put our trust. They are guided by finite, limited people. We mustn’t connect our ships to them, because as they wain, we will wain, and these are a shifting target by the hour.
We NEED hope. We must place our hope in the trusted source, and we must guard our hope by detaching from hopeless situations and unreliable sources, those that blow like reeds in the wind.
There is just one trusted, reliable source — one untainted leader, person, and God; one “economy” that is unwavering: God Himself and His Kingdom, are unshifting, never-changing, more powerful than any person or situation.
“The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, Like the rivers of water; He turns it wherever He wishes” (Proverbs 21:1). Only God has the ultimate veto, the ability to cease wars, expose darkness, overthrow evil, provide restoration, bring healing, turn the trajectory of your accounts, and heap endless good upon good on you. Only He fully has good in store for you, no hidden agendas, for those who follows Him and seeks Him.
“No one who hopes in you will ever be put to shame, but shame will come on those who are treacherous without cause” (Psalm 25:3). You can trust Him! You can solidly, confidently place your hope in Him!
If you are beginning to give up hope, I beg you to HOLD ON! We NEED hope. You NEED hope. Never give up hope! Simply reassess where you draw your Hope, and anchor your trust upon the only truly reliable source of hope: God Himself.
“I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit” (Romans 15:13).
Once we shift our trust off of the shifting targets and sinking sand, and we anchor all of our hope in the Lord, then we will experience the joy and the peace we were so missing. Then we can exchange our insecurity for confidence and for power.
Hold on to hope. How? Hold on to God. Trust that, despite everything else you hear, He is good, and He has good for your life – even better than you could possibly imagine right now. He is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us (Ephesians 3:20)!
God is bigger than the evil, far brighter than the darkness. He always wins! And, knowing that He is working out good for you behind the scenes, simply rest, knowing your hope is secure because you have trusted the reliable source for all good things.
Sarah Guldalian 