HOPE FOR THE JOURNEY

We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure.
Heb.6:19


We all want to have hope for the Journey,don't we? We want to have something to anticipate, to expect, to hold on to? Hope, indeed, keeps us anchored, steady, secure because our hope is in Jesus....the same yesterday, today, and forever.

Aldous Huxley once said: " Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what man does with what happens to him."

Perhaps some of you are in circumstances and situations that are challenging, overwhelming, and depressing. You're asking questions like:

Is life worth living?
Is there any hope for my marriage?
Is there any hope for my family members to be saved?
Is there any hope to overcome these addictions?
Is there any hope for forgiveness?
Is there any hope for selling my house?
Is there any hope of finding a job?
Is there any hope that this abuse will end?
Is there any hope for this illness?

It's a good question isn't it? I often wonder how people can survive horrific experiences or even day to day setbacks without having Hope and Faith. You can go 40 days without food...3 days without water...8 min. without air...but you can't go a single second without HOPE. When Hope is gone...your life ceases.

HOPE makes all the difference.

When you have hope--you are capable of bearing incredible burdens and standing firm under trial. You become an overcomer.

Where do we get HOPE?

Ps.42:5 Put your hope in God

Ro.5:5 And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.

Our hope as Christians is built on nothing less than Jesus Christ. Without Him...our life is truly meaningless.

You have to have hope to believe that God will work in your life.
You have to have hope to believe that God can change your situation or circumstances.
You have to have hope that He will indeed work all things together for your good.

Hold fast to Jesus and you will go from hope to hope. You will not give in to despair or temptation.

Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful Heb.10:23

Where in your life right now do you need HOPE?
Take a moment and jot it down...bring it to the Lord in prayer with believing faith. Our God does not disappoint. He will never leave or abandon you. He is working in your circumstances, relationships, trials even now as you wait upon Him.

"What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise." Oscar Wilde

One of my favorite passages from Isaiah 40:31

But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength--they will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not grow faint.

Allow God today to revive your spirit and fill you with renewed hope in Him and in the promises of His Word.