Hope continues to grow in my family. I mean literally. My mother’s maiden name is Hope. I have an ancestry of having a lot of hope in my family. Hope remains fresh, as a cousin and niece carry it as their first name as well.
The majority of my bloodline have been graced with God’s faithfulness and goodness as we continually follow His leading.
For me personally, it’s like I’ve never existed without a large does of hope.
As meaningful as it has been to claim access to the family name and its generations of blessings, I’m reminded of a deeper covering. Over the years I continue to grow in the fact that I am associated with a much larger tribe that carries the same name but under a different definition.
“Now, may God, the fountain of hope, fill you to overflowing with uncontainable joy and perfect peace as you trust in Him. And may the power of the Holy Spirit continually surround your life with His super abundance until you radiate with hope!”
Romans 15:13
God Almighty birthed hope into existence for us to saturate ourselves in. It soaks us way down deep until everything is covered. It’s not for the purpose of aiming and wishing for. It’s not a fairy tale or dream kind of hope.
Jesus Christ came to bring hope for a better future. He did exactly that while here on earth. He also brought a present reality that He was the hope everyone had been looking for. Hope had a heart beat. He had flesh, bone, and breathed air through lungs just like you and me. Hope surpassed human form. He came to dwell within and continues to live inside of us to this day!
Hope exists for us to
saturate ourselves in.
God’s wonder working power, released through the Holy Spirit, submerges us in His hope from head to toe. This hope causes us to radiate with a glow that draws others to His Presence. His life changing Presence, which is shining in us and through us.
We do play a part in activating His hope that will fill us to overflowing….trust.
Trusting in Him is the key that unlocks the attributes of His hope.
Our trust releases His hope. And when it trinkles into our souls, we come to realize it will fill us to overflow with uncontainable joy and perfect peace….AMEN!!
Trusting in Him is the key
You and I must make a choice. It’s not a once in awhile choice, but an everyday choice….an every hour….every minute choice. It’s not always an easy choice. We do not always feel like making it.
But the more we choose to make it, the more we learn to desire it because of its benefits and the treasures we find……His joy and peace.
It might not be an immediate treasure discovery every time. Some take awhile to locate. It can even get messy. Let’s admit it, we feel like it’s more of a needle in a haystack treasure hunt at times……but God remains the fountain of hope.
His timing is perfect………….trust.
So my choice is to choose You.
I choose to trust You, Lord. And by trusting You, I can freely obtain Your hope. The Hope of Glory…Everlasting Hope…Hope for today…the Peace Provider…the Joy Giver…the One who never leaves me…Your filling that brings overflow…the One who surrounds me with a super abundance of Himself.
I’m enjoying what I’m finding.
You’re welcome to join me.
My hope has become His hope.
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