Good Morning Sabbath...
Thank You Father for the blessing of this NEW day. Please continue to fill my HEART & MIND with Your TRUTH & LOVE so I stay FOCUSED on The TRUTH of “Come to Me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest (Matthew 11:28)" TODAY!
- Hope. It's Important.
Hope. Hope is a very important subject when looking at Salvation. Hope can provide us with many wonderful thoughts and Hope can also be a very powerful motivator. When we Love something we foster our attention on that "something." In addition to fostering our attention on what we Love, we Hope to get something from whatever it is we Love. It is this Hope in something we Love that will guide us in varying directions. Hope can influence us to "take action," or not, depending on what it is in which we Hope. When we Hope for something, or Hope not for something to happen, we will most times take actions to lead either situation in that direction of our Hope. An example would be us as believers; Our Hope is in Yeshua, Jesus Christ, and so we are motivated to do things that would please Him and Our Father. Hope can motivate us to action or motivate us to abandon action, depending on our Hope.
Hope is powerful. What if what we Hope for is beyond our control?
Do we still pray for what it is that we are Hoping for? Of course, everyday! Can you see the power in that? We Hope for something, we have no power whatsoever to acquire this thing in which we Hope for, but we still pray fervently for it. Many times we will even Actively Hope for things without realizing it, and Hope can be a large part, if not all of the reason, we bend and turn particular directions during Life. This happens because our Hope Is Strong. At a minimum, we will desire, worry, or analyze something that we Hope for until we are comfortable that it is resolved. The things we place our Hope in are in constant action in our minds, and this is an important reason we should be aware and conscious of what it is in which we have Hope.
Hope as defined by Meriam Webster is:
desire accompanied by expectation of or belief in fulfillment.
Hope can be active. Hope can be passive. Hope can be for good. Hope can be for evil. We see, Hope is a very important element of our Faith. As a matter of fact, God's Word tells us that along with Faith and Love, that Hope is one of the most important, eternal values we can have. Throughout all of eternity there will never be a time when our Hope is not in something. Beginning to see how important our Hope is? I Hope So.
Our Hope, The Word of God:
“But if we HOPE for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance.”
Romans 8:25
“I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, And in His Word I do HOPE.”
Psalms 130:5
“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.”
Jeremiah 29:11
“This HOPE we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the Presence behind the veil, where The Forerunner has entered for us, even Jesus, having become High Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.”
Hebrews 6:19-20
“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.”
Romans 5:5
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living HOPE through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,”
I Peter 1:3
“And now abide Faith, HOPE, Love, these three; but the greatest of these is Love.”
I Corinthians 13:13
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Thank You and Yahweh Yeshua Ha'Mashiach, God Our Father and His Son Jesus Christ, Bless You!