Proverbs 11:7
When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish:
And the hope of unjust men perisheth.
Thankfully, we are not as those with no hope or whose hope perishes.
We all muddle through life. We go through each with a sense of hope. We hope that we are right. We hope that we are doing the proper thing and that we stand for godliness.
When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish:
And the hope of unjust men perisheth.
Thankfully, we are not as those with no hope or whose hope perishes.
We all muddle through life. We go through each with a sense of hope. We hope that we are right. We hope that we are doing the proper thing and that we stand for godliness.
Through the Messiah’s atonement, we also have the hope that if our heart is turned towards God’s Instruction, our bungling steps are counted to us for righteousness. We hope for ourselves; we hope for our children; we hope for this world and for the one to come. Hope is what makes us get up everyday, what gives us the stamina to happily go through the routine of life. Hope is the incentive that keeps us on the right path; it is the balm that heals our broken hearts to try on another day.
Because our hope is birthed from God, our death does not destroy it; its heavenly Author dotes upon it even after we are gone. Death cannot destroy our hope; death has no power over it. Even now, even now we are the recipient of these great people of faith who hoped for the world to come and who saw it coming in our day. We are the receivers of the blessings inherited because of their hope of righteousness. These people did what they did in the concern that their seed, us, would receive the blessing of God. They themselves did not receive the promises from God, they did not see in their lifetime the outcome of their accomplishment, but they hoped in them for their children and here we are, we receive them.
Let us therefore not live for today only. Let us have that same hope of our ancients. May we know that our hope doesn’t die; that it goes on forever. Because God has no pleasure in the death of anyone, He has delayed judgment. In a way, time is our friend; there is always more of it coming and it is free. Let us hope for our children; let us hope for our friends; let us hope for this world as well as for the on the come.
Because our hope is birthed from God, our death does not destroy it; its heavenly Author dotes upon it even after we are gone. Death cannot destroy our hope; death has no power over it. Even now, even now we are the recipient of these great people of faith who hoped for the world to come and who saw it coming in our day. We are the receivers of the blessings inherited because of their hope of righteousness. These people did what they did in the concern that their seed, us, would receive the blessing of God. They themselves did not receive the promises from God, they did not see in their lifetime the outcome of their accomplishment, but they hoped in them for their children and here we are, we receive them.
Let us therefore not live for today only. Let us have that same hope of our ancients. May we know that our hope doesn’t die; that it goes on forever. Because God has no pleasure in the death of anyone, He has delayed judgment. In a way, time is our friend; there is always more of it coming and it is free. Let us hope for our children; let us hope for our friends; let us hope for this world as well as for the on the come.
As the apostle says, hope makes not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
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