May your unfailing love be with us Lord,
even as we put our hope in you.
—Psalm 33:22
Hope needs a strong back, because it receives requests to carry a lot of loads. I suspect that every reader of these words has put in a hope request. In the last 24 hours, have you said, “I hope . . .”?
You’re asking it to give your life meaning: peace, purpose, direction.
You may be asking hope to deliver what it can’t, for hope is not fueled by possessions, achievements, status, locations, or relationships.
Hope that will never disappoint is found in only one place: “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope” (1 Pt. 1:3).
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing” (Rom 15:13).
Hope in God turns waiting into confidence.