Lately I have been thinking on the topic of Hope. We know from the "Love Chapter" 1 Cor. 13 that in the end of time, Faith and Hope are trumped by Love. In heaven, you see our faith is realized. We will see with our eyes the fulfillment of all of the things we once accepted by faith. We won't have to BELIEVE in God....we will see Him and interact with Him right in front of us. And Hope too, will go through a similar demise. It is only Love which will remain.
Have you ever wondered what the difference is between faith and hope? Hebrews 11:1 (the Faith chapter) shines some light here.
"Faith is the essence of things unseen. The Substance of things hoped for." Faith is the belief that we will receive that for which we HOPE. The hope is the wanting. Faith is the engine that pulls the train to your desired destination. It is faith that saves us. Not hope. We do not HOPE that there is a God in heaven who adores us. We believe that there is.
Romans 5:5 NKJV — Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
Have you ever wondered what the difference is between faith and hope? Hebrews 11:1 (the Faith chapter) shines some light here.
"Faith is the essence of things unseen. The Substance of things hoped for." Faith is the belief that we will receive that for which we HOPE. The hope is the wanting. Faith is the engine that pulls the train to your desired destination. It is faith that saves us. Not hope. We do not HOPE that there is a God in heaven who adores us. We believe that there is.
Romans 5:5 NKJV — Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
Have you ever had crushed hopes? Disappointment goes hand in hand with a hope that has proven to be false, or what is not best for us. But the hope that GOD gives us does not ever disappoint us. So if you are feeling disappointed in a hope that did not transpire, your hope was not God's best for you. You can put your faith in that. God demonstrated this love and poured out the abundance of that love toward us by pouring out his goodness on us first through the life, death and resurrection of His Son and then continues to manifest his great love to us by caring for us and providing us with a Hope that circumstances and other people cannot kill or squelch. And at the end of the lives of God's children the ultimate realization of our hope and faith occurs when we get to the heaven God has prepared for us. It is then that we can say goodbye to our companions Faith and Hope and embrace, and be embraced by, the Love that God has given us of but tiny glimpses and there we will be overwhelmed with the depths and power of that Love.
Hang on to your hopes. Don't let anything kill them, as long as you know that they are for things that God has promised you. And look forward to that great day when all of our hopes will be met in a solid reality because of God's great Love for us.
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