Love Hopes
Hope is defined as “a desire accompanied by expectation of obtaining what is desired or belief that it is obtainable”. Jesus demonstrated hope throughout His ministry. With each miracle He performed He knew the power at work within Him to accomplish what unbelieving mind would consider impossible. He healed the sick, gave blind men back their sight, made crippled men stand up and walk, He even brought the dead back to life. Jesus had certainty that every Word He spoke would accomplish exactly what He intended it to.
The struggles of this life can dim our hope. The empty place at the dinner table this year despite our prayers. The texts and phone calls that aren’t returned in our efforts for reconciliation. The breakthrough we’ve been laboring over that doesn’t seem anywhere on the horizon. Wars continue, social media is filled with vitriol, hope can be hard to come by these days.
There is no one with a greater knowledge of the helpless state of mankind than Jesus. It wasn’t like His time spent on this earth was filled with amazement at how awesome people were. He frequently called the disciples out for their lack of faith and understanding. Jesus’ hope wasn’t in people, it wasn’t in His circumstances, it was in the certainty He had in the will of God and the power of the Holy Spirit. Jesus was sure of every outcome, He knew every Word that He spoke had a purpose that would be accomplished (Isaiah 55:11).
“So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.” (2 Corinthians 4:16-18)
The struggles of this life can dim our hope. The empty place at the dinner table this year despite our prayers. The texts and phone calls that aren’t returned in our efforts for reconciliation. The breakthrough we’ve been laboring over that doesn’t seem anywhere on the horizon. Wars continue, social media is filled with vitriol, hope can be hard to come by these days.
There is no one with a greater knowledge of the helpless state of mankind than Jesus. It wasn’t like His time spent on this earth was filled with amazement at how awesome people were. He frequently called the disciples out for their lack of faith and understanding. Jesus’ hope wasn’t in people, it wasn’t in His circumstances, it was in the certainty He had in the will of God and the power of the Holy Spirit. Jesus was sure of every outcome, He knew every Word that He spoke had a purpose that would be accomplished (Isaiah 55:11).
“So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.” (2 Corinthians 4:16-18)
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