Thinking Too Much?
June 8,2012
Christians are to be people of great hope. Our hope is in God: "Hope in God" (Psalm 45:5). Our hope is future oriented, often called "the hope of eternal life" (Titus 3:7).
Our hope gives us stability because it is not a mere wish about the future, but a strong confidence about the future:
"This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both true and steadfast" (Hebrews 6:19).
Our hope should bring us great joy because it is not just a confident expectation about the future, but a confident expectation of good things to come in the future:
"Fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ" (1 Peter 1:13). And our hope of these good things to come is Christ-centered: "...Christ in you, the hope of glory" (Colossians 1:27).
Putting this all together, we see that hope is "a confident expectation and desire for something good in the future.
" It should be easy to see from this that our Christian hope should be a cause of great joy and happiness!
As we consider and look forward to our future with Christ, our hearts will become very excited--thus giving us joy and happiness during our stay upon the earth.
We can see why God commands us to "Rejoice in your hope" (Romans 12:12)
http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/ns/134
http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/ns/134
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