Last night I studied the topic of HOPE with the women in my Wednesday night Bible Study. It was a great discussion about a topic that I was having a hard time with. I really enjoyed the study because it caused me to take a closer look at many verses throughout the Bible that speak of hope. I knew that we are commanded to hope, but I wasn't clear about what exactly we are to hope in. Below are some of the verses that I came across that really spoke to my heart.
Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face. Job 13:15
To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul; in you I trust, O my God. Do not let me be put to shame, nor let my enemies triumph over me. No one whose hope is in you will ever be put to shame, but they will be put to shame who are treacherous without excuse. Show me your ways, O Lord, teach me your paths; guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long. Psalm 25:1-5
A horse is a vain hope for deliverance; despite all its great strength it cannot save. But the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him, on those whose hope is in his unfailing love, to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine. We wait in hope for the Lord; he is our help and our shield. In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name. May your unfailing love rest upon us, O Lord, even as we put our hope in you. Psalm 33:17-22
Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. Psalm 42:5
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. 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. Romans 5:1-5
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Romans 12:12
For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. Romans 15:4
Do you notice anything about these passages? I sure did as I was reading them! We are to hope in God and everything that He is; his Word, his glory, his unfailing love, his truth. That's it. So often we put our hope in circumstances and things and people, but none of those will ever be a sure hope. They will always disappoint. But God will NEVER disappoint us if we place our hope in him. What a great and awesome promise! I just want to meditate on that fact and let it soak into my heart and mind. I hope you will do the same thing today.
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