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Did you know that you were not designed to live without hope? The truth is, when you lose hope, you lose your motivation, your energy, indeed you can lose even your desire to live. But as Christians we have great hope because of Jesus, who died and rose again to purchase our redemption, so no longer are we destined to hopelessness.
But, many times we can forget that, as we live our daily lives and just live in the drudgery of life instead of in the glorious hope that we have in Jesus. It’s really easy to lose hope in this sin-infested world, isn’t it?
But God’s Word is full of hope for you if you’re a Christ-follower, and you can overflow with hope even in the midst of difficult circumstances. It begins as you learn to bring every thought into captivity and make it obey Christ. Hopelessness is in your mind, in your thought patterns. Negative thinking robs you of hope. Thoughts like: This will never get better. Or I’ll never be able to do this. Or Nobody cares. Or I might as well give up; nothing is working. Or. . . and on and on. Pity parties swoop in and take over and you become mired in negative thoughts.
It is difficult—I would say it’s pretty much impossible to have negative thoughts and be hopeful at the same time. So, how’s your thought life these days? Negative thinking will steal your hope.
I love this passage about Abraham:
Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, “So shall your offspring be” (Romans 4:18).
Against all hope—in spite of the hopelessness of his situation—Abraham in hope believed. How could he become the father of a nation? He had no idea how—but against all hope Abraham in hope believed.
Don’t lose hope. Cling to the hope we have in Jesus and never give up.
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