Do you have hope today?
An eminent American cardiologist noted that “hope is the medicine I use more than any other. Hope can cure nearly anything.” A noted minister wrote: “The grand essentials of happiness are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.”
So, again, do you have hope?
Many of you would say, in answer, “yes, I have a great hope in a great God.” Good. And yet there are others who aren’t so sure. I know. I have seen the despair. I have heard the dread. The spark is no longer in the eyes.
It is as if such people have a secret little room somewhere hidden in their heart. That area in now reserved for matters of discarded faith.
On the outside of the door of that secret little room hangs a sign that declares, “In this room are stored all of the things that are just too hard for God.” Sad! Tragic!
What, if anything, have you tossed into your private little room? What, if anything, have you given up on?
Well, today, I believe that I have a Word for you:
1 Thessalonians 2:16-17 declares: “May our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who loved us and by His grace gave us eternal encouragement and GOOD HOPE, encourage your
hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word.” The God of Hope wants to give you
GOOD HOPE today!
Romans 15:4 declares that: “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.”
Furthermore, Romans 15:13 adds: “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may OVERFLOW WITH HOPE by the power of the Holy Spirit.”
Who is the Scripture speaking of here? The GOD OF HOPE! Our God is not the god of doubt, He is not the god of despair, nor is He the god of gloom and doom. No, who is He? He is “THE GOD OF HOPE” -- Good hope -- and He wants you to “OVERFLOW IN HOPE BY THE POWER OF His HOLY SPIRIT.”
The Redeemed Team
An eminent American cardiologist noted that “hope is the medicine I use more than any other. Hope can cure nearly anything.” A noted minister wrote: “The grand essentials of happiness are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.”
So, again, do you have hope?
Many of you would say, in answer, “yes, I have a great hope in a great God.” Good. And yet there are others who aren’t so sure. I know. I have seen the despair. I have heard the dread. The spark is no longer in the eyes.
It is as if such people have a secret little room somewhere hidden in their heart. That area in now reserved for matters of discarded faith.
- I have known people who have given up on healing. Oh, they have seen others healed, it just has not worked for them. They have read all of the books on healing, have listened to all of the tapes on the subject as well as attended every healing service within five-hundred miles. Nonetheless, they are still sick. After some period of time, they simply opened up the door to their little room and they tossed in any hope for getting well.
- Others have given up on an unbelieving spouse or child coming to the Lord.
- Others have thrown in any hope of their marriage getting any better, any hope that their financial situation is ever going to improve, or that they are going to see some long-held dream realized. Instead of being hopeful, they feel hopeless.
On the outside of the door of that secret little room hangs a sign that declares, “In this room are stored all of the things that are just too hard for God.” Sad! Tragic!
What, if anything, have you tossed into your private little room? What, if anything, have you given up on?
Well, today, I believe that I have a Word for you:
- God wants us to open that room up to His inspection.
- He wants to go in there and clean out that smelly place of doubt and fear.
- He yet wants to prove to you that He is God and as such, He is able to do “Exceeding and abundantly above all we are even able to ask for or to think of.”
- He wants to restore your hope.
- He wants you to be confidently expectant once more.
1 Thessalonians 2:16-17 declares: “May our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who loved us and by His grace gave us eternal encouragement and GOOD HOPE, encourage your
hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word.” The God of Hope wants to give you
GOOD HOPE today!
Romans 15:4 declares that: “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.”
Furthermore, Romans 15:13 adds: “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may OVERFLOW WITH HOPE by the power of the Holy Spirit.”
Who is the Scripture speaking of here? The GOD OF HOPE! Our God is not the god of doubt, He is not the god of despair, nor is He the god of gloom and doom. No, who is He? He is “THE GOD OF HOPE” -- Good hope -- and He wants you to “OVERFLOW IN HOPE BY THE POWER OF His HOLY SPIRIT.”
The Redeemed Team
