Christ Our Hope

As an old hymn says, “my hope is built on nothing less than Jesus’ blood and righteousness.” The hope of Christianity is found in Jesus. You spell hope HOPE? But you also spell it JESUS.

Romans 8:24 speaks of being “saved by hope.” “But hope that is seen is not hope. Why does one still hope for what he sees?” Paul asks this question and it is an obvious answer. Things that we hope for we have not yet experienced. We have not seen Christ Jesus in the flesh. We have not experienced His presence through our five senses. For now, we walk by faith (2 Corinthians 5:7) Hebrews 11:1 says that faith is the evidence of things not seen, the substance of things hoped for.

The Christian always has hope. No matter what life throws at you, you never have to live without hope. But you must take your eyes off of things in this world and put them on the things of God. The next life is what we are to be getting ready for. Life with Christ. Life lived for Jesus, life lived with Jesus.

1 Peter 1:13 says rest your hope fully upon the grace of God. When you think about the day of judgment, rest. Rest your hope fully on the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. Know that Christ is going to save you.

Dewayne Dunaway