Thought for the day

Hope looks to the future. Throughout the Bible, hope is defined as confident expectation. To expect, means to look forward to:
“And [I pray] that the eyes of your heart [the very center and core of your being] may be enlightened [flooded with light by the Holy Spirit], so that you will know and cherish the hope [the divine guarantee, the confident expectation] to which He has called you, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints (God’s people),” Ephesians 1:18 AMP

In the midst of difficult situations, it is easy to focus on our current circumstances and to make our home there. But hope believes in a future that is greater, or better, than what is currently seen. It is the possibility of “that which is to come” that hope holds on to. In Jeremiah, God gives Jeremiah a hope for the future, promising He has a plan for his life:
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11
We can therefore declare with confidence that in Christ our future is bright. Faith is the substance of things HOPED for. Remain hopeful.
Erick Bouwmeester
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