A Sure Hope

Christ in you, the hope of glory.

Colossians 1:27

Though World War II did not officially end until 1945, it can be safely said that it was over on June 6, 1944. That was D-day, when 176,000 Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy in France. Eventually three-quarters of a million troops assembled in France to liberate Europe from the Axis powers led by Adolf Hitler. Many fierce battles followed D-day before the Axis armies were defeated. But the die was cast on D-day when hope came once again to the free world.

The same may be said of our Christian experience. Though the day is yet in the future when evil will be eradicated from earth completely, we know it will happen because of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. By His death, Christ freed believers from the debt of sin. And by His resurrection, death, the last great enemy, was conquered so we might live again and forever. Are you in a battle or skirmish today with the world, the flesh, or the devil? Don’t wish things were different. Instead, put your hope in the fact that with the invasion of Christ into this world, victory was won. True hope is available to all allies of the conquering Christ. True hope is not wishful thinking; it is faith in fact.