Hebrews 11  1 Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.

 

As I worshipped in church one day I was meditating on that verse and I became convicted……….what happens when we “don’t know what to hope for”?

 

When hope is gone it is hard to do anything.

 

All of us have faced a day or a situation or a relationship when we were low on, or had lost, HOPE…..and without HOPE life can be …. IMPOSSIBLE.

 

Where do we go when we have no hope?

 

Jesus understood this.

 

And He proved it by giving His life to bring hope to a world that did not have it.

 

He saw the temple…the cheating and greed…the religiosity…the broken and hopeless people…and so He cleared it.

 

He saw the hopelessness in Lazarus’ family…so He raised him from the dead….AFTER….He wept.

 

Again and again….He showed up to free the broken and give hope to the hopeless.

 

But His word does not stop there…..His word is not about 2000 years ago….it is about TODAY.

 

His word is about bringing hope to us today…..and then for us to give that hope away to all we know—-so that we, as a people, can be sure of what we hope for.

 

But we cannot give away what we do not have.

 

All of us are in a different place on this issue.

 

Some of us are walking out our daily walk without a care in the world….

And some of us are carrying a pain that only He can know or understand…..

And most of us are somewhere in between.

 

But there is a truth out there that all of us need for each and every day of our lives….and that is this:

 

Romans 8

38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

 

May the Lord come and convince of you of His love.

May He cover your steps and protect you.

May He give you strength and energy.

But above all things…..

 

May He put hope on you and in you.  May He show you a purpose that will put a dream on your heart and a spring in your step.  May He fill you with His love that you are able to find not only joy in your day….but happiness.

 

And may His spirit flow out of you in a way that it would bring hope to others.

 

In The Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

 

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Coach J