Where to start. Well think I know and that is everyone needs hope. They generally don't need to be told what they are doing wrong, but what they need is hope. We were designed to have hope in our lives it's just how we were created.
So with hope or without hope. It's your choice. I want hope because this is what happens without. Hope deferred makes the heart sick, we don't believe it's possible for our current situations whatever they that they can change. We need hope there is just no way around it, I don't care who you are we need hope. God created us to have hope and by denying hope we are saying that our situations will never change at all. For me hope is the reason why I have faith. If you are a person with faith and hope then you might as well be unstoppable. See we will all have times in our lives or have had where we have felt hopeless or near hopelessness, but the reality is if we have hope then add faith in God where can stand against us.
I've recently engaged in two different conversations with two very different people talking about hope and what it does to us. In both conversations either both or one of the people felt hopeless that their current situation couldn't change. I know one of these people very well and we've had many conversations about changing their situation. It becomes difficult when there is a mountain of stuff that they have to deal with. That's why we need hope. I realize it more and more when I talk to other people who either don't have hope or who have hope. It is such an important part of who we are that God designed us to have hope. Hope is so important God said this in Isaiah 40:31"31 but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint." This is why we need to put our hope in the Lord.
This is what I've experienced honestly. There was a time where I was just about without hope. It came at a time where my faith was just about dead and spiritually I was an absolute mess. I remember just feeling at a lose for all things even my faith in God was dwindling to the point where I said, "I'm beginning to doubt that there isn't a God." There was just so much pain and hurt at that time in my life and this was all be getting deployed to Iraq. I remember walking into drill and talking to a buddy saying what I just said about doubting there is a God and this is what my buddy said something along the lines of this, "There is a God and we have to have faith in Him." What that did to me at the time I didn't understand, but now I have a clearer thought of it. That little comment gave me hope, a hope that continued to push me forward in all areas of my life at that time. God used that conversation to keep me on the path that He already designed for me. Where would I be if I had lost hope ? That's a good question and I shudder to think where I would be honestly.
So have hope because if a guy like me who's been through combat, wounded, and several close calls can have hope then you can to. In no way am I making fun of any situations that people are dealing with. I'm just asking that you have hope and put your hope in God and his son Jesus Christ who has paid the price for us and our sins. So here's what I say. Have hope and have faith not simply because that's the way were designed, but because our hope and faith our in God. I know our situations can look grim, but you know what with hope there is always the chance that they will change.
© Nathan Fahlin
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