6 Sep 2017
We hear the word “hope.”
And we think of “wishes” or “desires” which we’re not sure if they’re
going to come true, but we’d like them to.
That’s how we use the word “hope.”
It’s kind of like Christmas morning for a little kid (and
adults, too) and “hoping” that we’re going to get a particular gift. We might get it, but there’s always the
possibility that we won’t.
But Saint Paul uses the word differently. When he talks about hope, he means something
that we know is going to happen, but it’s just a matter of waiting for it. And so, within the idea of Christian “hope”
are the ideas of confidence, peace, and no worries.
Again, it’s like Christmas morning. There’s no doubt that that blessed morning
will come. The kids aren’t worried about
that. And that’s the kind of hope we
have as Christians. We have a “sure and
certain” hope.
We don’t have to worry if good or evil will triumph in the
world. Evil may have the occasional
“win” on the battlefield—you know, a terrorist bomb, or a shooting, or
something tragic like that. But we
Christians possess a “sure and certain” hope and knowledge that goodness has
already won the war. It’s just a matter
of waiting for evil to accept it.
God has blessed us with the virtue of hope; a sure and
certain, confident hope. The storms of
life will come, but no worries . . . we know God is with us.
Indeed, goodness has already won. Well spoken.
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