Mom Heart Moments #164

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

OH, TO ALLOW THE HOLY SPIRIT to fill me to overflowing with hope!

Hope is not just wishful thinking. Hope is an assurance that our King has ultimately won the raging battle. Hope teaches us that this is the broken place where we have the honor of believing Him who is fighting on our behalf. When we have nothing else to rely on, our hope in God is what connects us to what is true.

Faith requires us to relinquish our fears, doubts, and worries into the hands of God, like a child who says, “I will trust my mama and daddy because I know they are good and reliable.” So we say, “I will give this difficulty into His hands because I know He is good and loving and reliable.”

Hope gives us the strength to take on our future. No circumstance, no problem, no issue, no devastation is too large or too difficult for God to take on. However, we have to choose this hope. We must receive it. Sometimes, life can beat us down and make us feel absolutely defeated. But when we choose to carry the hope God has given us, we are able to overcome anything.

My hope rests in God’s character and ability to see me through. In Him who answers prayer. In Him who is always good. In Him who has overcome the world. In Him who has forgiven every sin. In Him who will never leave me or forsake me. I can leave my issues in the file drawer of heaven and know that He has the ability to work them out and to cause “all things to work together for good to those who love God” (Romans 8:28).

What is the value of hope? Where does it come from? How does it guide us?