![]() Grace Fox is a career global worker and the author of ten books including her new devotional Finding Hope in Crisis: Devotions for Calm in Chaos. And fill us to overflowing with a hope that reflects You to those around us. Remind us that You live in us by the power of Your Holy Spirit. When life hurts, help us keep our thoughts fixed on the truth about who You are. May I pray for you today? “Dear God, we acknowledge You as the reason for hope. (Revelation 21:4) In the meantime, we can live in hope because the Source of hope lives in us. Someday He will wipe every tear from our eyes. We can hang onto hope knowing that someday Jesus will return and set everything right. He wants to do the same for you, my friend. The more I meditate on Romans 15:13, the more God heals my hurting heart. Imagine-this is the same power that raised Christ from the dead! (Romans 8:11 Ephesians 1:19,20) We can’t concoct this hope in our own strength He makes it possible by the power of the Holy Spirit who lives in us. And because we live among humanity desperately seeking hope, He wants our supply to spill over and splash those around us, creating in them a curiosity to know our secret. When we do this, He gifts us not with a flimsy optimism that everything will somehow work out okay but with a rock-solid anticipation of a favorable outcome under His guidance. God pours hope into us when we choose to believe that He is who He says He is and that He always keeps His promises. The second mention of hope refers to us as the recipients. He’s our constant companion who has promised never to leave us-not even for a moment. He’s our guide, our comforter, our rock that remains steadfast when everything around us crumbles. But no matter how difficult our circumstances, we can have hope because of who God is-powerful, wise, sovereign, and good. We will experience the death of a dream or the loss of a loved one. In this life, we will face disappointments or life-altering detours. ![]() We anticipate a favorable outcome not based on circumstances but on His person. The first mention of hope in today’s verse refers to God as its origin. ![]() Biblical hope is the anticipation of a favorable outcome under God’s guidance.” This contrasts to a dictionary definition of hope as “a feeling that what we want to happen will happen.” One Bible dictionary defines it as “trustful expectation, particularly with reference to the fulfillment of God’s promises. Hope is mentioned not once, but twice in this verse. ![]()
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