ChoicesSample

Will you choose hope in God?

Hope. It’s such a nebulous word and concept we find hard to describe, yet we use it often.

“I hope you have a good day.”  

“I hope I don’t get sick.”

“I hope my marriage works out.”

“I hope I don’t ruin my kids.”

“I hope that business deal goes through.”

“I hope he loves me.”

“I hope I get a raise.”

Like making a wish and blowing out our candles, we hope for health, prosperity, or a good marriage. We want a fantasy life where nothing goes wrong and everything goes our way. Yet, in this harsh world, most of us are losing hope. Our hope in the way things will work out, or hope in our health or wealth are dashed against the reality of life and we are left with disappointment and disillusionment. Our hope has failed us. Our hope is gone.

But the hope of the Bible isn’t a wish. This hope is a confident assurance placed in something solid, firm, and unchanging. When our hope is placed in God we can rest, knowing that He has gone before us and is making a way for us even when there seems to be no way. With hope in Him we can remain secure, even when we fail as a spouse or as a parent. Even when our health report is bleak and our bank account is in the red. Even when we lose our job. Through all these difficulties we can still place our hope in a faithful, powerful God who is always good. He will never leave us or fail us, even during the most challenging seasons of our life. The great news is that we don’t have to have it all figured out, because He does. He only asks us to trust Him, to place all our hope in Him.

Where is your hope in this season of your life? Is it in a person? Is it in desiring different circumstances? Or is your hope in the all-seeing, all-knowing God who created you, loves you, and knows His good plans for you?

Lasting hope has a name: Jesus. When your own hope is fading, call out to Him. He is near. He is hope. 

Where will you place your hope? It’s a choice.

Choose hope in God. Hope in anything else will disappoint.