Thursday, February 7, 2013

Hope

The human heart has received from the Father, from our Creator, a great capacity for hope. Even when circumstances would indicate otherwise, the heart still holds out in hope, against all odds, and in spite of the cynical age in which we live.

Proverbs 13:12 says,
"Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
But when the desire comes,
it is a tree of life."

Our souls suffer sickness, if we begin to give up our hope. When we see, finally, the fruit of hope come to pass, it enlivens and refreshens us. It raises us up above the reasonings and limitations of man, into the realm of miracles. And our lives are forever changed.
That quality of hope comes directly from God, our Father. In one version of Jer. 29:11, the LORD says,

"For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD,
 thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope."

The very thoughts of the Father towards us, are to provide us with hope. His name in Jer. 17, is the LORD, the hope of Israel. Before He created the world, even before He created time, He created the hope of salvation for us, as He tells us in Titus 1:2.
For those who walk as disciples of Jesus, as we develop His character, the ultimate fruit produced is "hope", according to Romans 5:3-5. And we are guaranteed that this hope will never disappoint, because God has poured out His love for us into our hearts, to assure us that we will ever live in and through HOPE.
The love of our Father for us has done this.

"My Hope is in You"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RRZgr7wNDs

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