NEVER GIVE UP HOPE - Annie Sherwin

The word says in 1 Cor 13:13, Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love and the greatest of these is love.

I feel like out of these three hope can be the first thing to go, quickly followed by faith.

What is hope?

Hope is a feeling of expectation and desire for a particular thing to happen. A feeling of trust in our Lord which is often referred to as an anchor for our souls.

There's nothing worse than a feeling of hopelessness. It robs you of joy, peace and confidance in anything you believe God has said. Basically, allowing ourselves to be robbed of hope, is playing right into the hands of the enemy allowing him to have a field day in our lives.

Proverbs 13:12 - Hope deferred makes the heart sick,

but a dream fulfilled is a tree of life.

Abraham and Sarah waited a long time for God's promise to them to be realised, but they stayed hopeful. This is the truth of what a promise to them or to us looks like.....

Hebrews 6:18- So God has given both his promise and his oath. These two things are unchangeable because it is impossible for God to lie. Therefore, we who have fled to him for refuge can have great confidence as we hold to the hope that lies before us. 19 This hope is a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls. It leads us through the curtain into God’s inner sanctuary. 

They never gave up hope, because they had confidence in what God had spoken.

Even as you're reading this you may have a 'but' or 'what if' in your thoughts.

It is in these moments we need to draw closer to Him, because it is in doing this, being in His presence, that our confidence and faith grows.

Hope isn't about our expectations or solving or fixing our problems. Instead, it’s the confidence that God is with you at all times and that He will carry you through whatever your situation.

Isaiah 40:31 - But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

So let's be encouraged...

Hebrews 10:23

23 -  Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise.

Amen 🙌