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Hope of Glory

From the garden of Eden to the garden of Gethsemane, God had been working out His plan…with you in mind! There was no panic in heaven but a strategic and intentional plan conceived in the heart of the Father. God’s majestic design to deal with sin, death, and separation was birthed in the heart of the Father because of love. The glorious strategy waiting for the fullness of time had your name written on it.

God’s plan for salvation was Christ in you—the hope of glory.

The Father’s divine design for reconciliation was Christ in you—the hope of glory. His joyous strategy to give you strength to deal with suffering was Christ in you—the hope of glory.

Nothing is hopeless any longer because Christ lives in you, and He is your hope of glory. Every Christian should take the word hopeless out of our vocabulary list; for a Christian, hopelessness no longer exists. Hopeless behavior has been banished, and hopeless situations are extinct. We are the people of hope and serve the God of all hope.

God has given us unexplainable yet substantial hope for our health, for eternity, for abundant life, for unconditional love, for mercy, and for grace.

More Than a Mystery

The devil is a liar and the father of all lies; he will daily try to convince you a situation is hopeless. However, my friend, when this ridiculous wimp of a prevaricator informs you that your life is hopeless, start jumping up and down because you have hope! There is indeed hope for the people of God. His name is Jesus, and He lives in you; therefore, hope lives in you.

The hope that courses through your spirit is more real than your blood, nerves, or brain. The Christ who lives in you:

• Is the firstborn of all creation.
• Is before all things.
• Holds all things together.
• Is the Head of the body.
• Is the beginning.
• Is the firstborn from the dead.
• Has first place in everything.
• Has all the fullness of the Father dwelling in Him.

This magnificent and merciful Christ lives in you. The hope He has brought to all our lives is powerful, magnetic, and restorative. My friend, this is more than a mystery solved; this is a miracle!

DAILY WORDS OF WISDOM:

Our world today so desperately hungers for hope, yet uncounted people have almost given up. There is despair and hopelessness on every hand. Let us be faithful in proclaiming the hope that is in Jesus.

- Billy Graham