Hope Everlasting

One of my favorite songs is “Where There is Faith,” by the former group 4 Him.  The chorus says:

Where there is faith,

there is a voice calling, keep walking

you’re not alone in this world.

Where there is faith,

there is a peace like a child sleeping

HOPE EVERLASTING in He who is able

to bear every burden

to heal every hurt in my heart.

It is a wonderful, powerful place

where there is faith.

 

Hebrews 11:1 (NLT) tells us that faith "is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see." Faith is the dwelling place of hope everlasting.

 

“In our prayers,” Andrew Murray wrote, “above everything else, beware of limiting God not only through unbelief but also by thinking you know exactly what He can do.  Learn to expect the unexpected, beyond all that you can ask or think. So each time you intercede through prayer, first be quiet and worship God in His glory. Think of what He can do, how He delights in Christ His Son, and of your place in Him—then expect great things.”

 

This is what hope is—the expectation of something good, something great. And hope everlasting is founded in the unchanging character of God and His unfailing compassion and lovingkindness.

 

That is just what Jeremiah, the prophet, wrote that he kept in mind to give him hope.  He remembered that each day is a new day filled with God’s love for us. He is faithful. He never changes. Because of that fact, Jeremiah knew hope everlasting. (Lamentations 3:22-24)

 

Paul, too, noted this in his letter to the Thessalonians telling them that God in His love for us has given us everlasting consolation and good hope. (2 Thessalonians 2:16)

 

This hope is a person, the Lord Jesus Christ Himself! (1 Timothy 1:1)

 

That tiny baby born of a virgin and laid in a hay manger, whose birth we are celebrating, He is our Hope. In this child, Jesus, the Son of God, we have the joyful expectation of everlasting glory! Because, in Him, we have hope that does not disappoint. (Romans 5:5)

 

We are praying moms because we believe—we know—our Lord is the God of Hope. 

 

What praises we can voice to the Lord God! The celebration of the birth of Jesus reminds us that the substance of our hope is just as the angel told the shepherds outside of Bethlehem—GOOD TIDINGS! It is healing, liberty, comfort, consolation, beauty for ashes, joy for mourning and the garment of praise for heaviness. (Isaiah 60:1-61:11)

 

Now may the God of hope

fill you with all joy and peace in believing,

that you may abound in hope

by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 15:13