hope – Mt Freedom Baptist Church

All of us encounter difficulties in life. Some suddenly severely impact the course of our lives and may even shake the foundation of our faith. Sometimes the hits just keep coming one after another and wear our faith down slowly until we simply give up. But God gives us many promises in His Word to secure our faith and strongly anchor our hope. Speaking of the divine hope we have through faith in Jesus’ Gospel, the writer of Hebrews succinctly affirms the surety of God’s promises – “We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain, where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf…” (Hebrews 6:19-20a [ESV]).

Life is difficult in our fallen world – so much so that all creation groans. In his letter to the Roman church, the apostle Paul compared this groaning to the pain of childbirth. Yet Christian believers do not despair as if we had no hope. Instead, we eagerly await the fulfillment of the hope that is founded on the promises of God. God’s Spirit dwelling in the hearts of His children nurtures and strengthens the hope within us even through our inevitable seasons of difficulty and desperation. Therefore we know as Paul wrote to the Romans that God is working all things together for good for those who love God and are called in accordance with His purpose.

The hope we carry as Christian believers isn’t some kind of wishful thinking. Our hope rests on the firm promises of God who in now, always was, and will always be faithful to keep His promises. The promises of God upon which we place our hope are found in His Holy Word – the Bible which has proven time and again throughout history to be trustworthy and true.

As we start a new year, thinking back on the Christmas gifts we have received over the years, we find that the greatest gift of all is Christ Himself who gave Himself for us. Paul lists for us some important aspects of Christ’s gift in his letter to the Ephesians – wisdom and knowledge of Him, hope of eternal life in Him, and the power of His Spirit dwelling within our hearts.

As Christmas rapidly approaches, we take time to reflect on the blessings we have received by Jesus’ birth. The miracle of God taking on human flesh fills us with awe, but we are deeply humbled when we consider that He did so because He intended to redeem us out of death by taking the judgment for our sins upon himself at the cross. Nevertheless, we are thrilled and richly blessed with the promise He gave just before He ascended back to His Father that one day He will return to gather us to Himself so we will be with Him in His glory forevermore. This is the blessed hope we hold tightly onto as we await His coming.

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