We Need Hope From God

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. Romans 15:13 

Sometimes hope can seem hard to come by. We hope our afflictions improve, and yet day after day they stay the same or get worse. We wonder if we will ever see any relief. 

As Christians we know we serve the God of Hope. Everything about Christianity is based upon hope. We have hope in a Savior who arose from the dead. We have the hope of heaven when our lives down here are through. We ask for daily bread from our Father God hoping He will meet our needs.  

"Hope is the word which God has written on the brow of every man." — Victor Hugo 

Within every Christian is the Holy Spirit of God. When we find our hope failing, or weakening, we need to call upon Him to renew our strength, and reinvigorate our hope. For hope is not a feeling, it is a decision and an inner force that compels us to keep going when it would be easy to quit and give up. 

Hope is a powerful, spiritual force. It lifts tired hands and weary feet to step out in faith toward a hope that lies before us. Hope changes things, but mostly it changes us. 

Today you may feel that you have no strength and no hope. I would encourage you to call upon God to strengthen you from within. The power of God resides within you and can fill you with hope to carry you beyond your present weakness and current discouragement.  

Prayer: Dear Lord, each day brings its own difficulties and discouragements. We need You to fill us with hope, empower us by Your Holy Spirit to see past our temporary problems and into a future where hope constantly refreshes us. Amen.