Share Hope

Do you have hope? Where does your hope come from? Is it based on your own ability to accomplish what you set out to do? Is your hope put into your spouse, parents, or friends? Do you have high hopes for your children? Have you considered Scripture can build your hope?

Hope is an important concept, feeling, and characteristic we all need. Without hope, we become depressed and can feel like there is no reason to continue living. Hope is one of the driving forces for us to achieve our goals. It lifts our spirits and gives us energy.

There a many people looking for hope in our world today. They may be experiencing a setback in their life. They may have lived in poverty for their entire life. Or they may be fed up with the hatred, arguing, finger-pointing, and disfunction in our society. Regardless of their reason, they continue to seek something they can hope in, something that convinces them things will get better.

If we are looking for hope, the Apostle Paul tells where to find it. He says that God’s Word was written to provide us with instruction and encouragement to give us hope. Do you see Scripture as a place to find hope? Too often, God’s Word is used to “put the fear of God” in people. Fear, as in being in awe of God, is certainly good for us. Yet, Scripture is not meant to cause us to run scared. It is meant to show us the promises of God and help us put our trust in them. We see God fulfilling his promises in Scripture, which encourages to trust and hope in his promises that are yet to be fulfilled.

Those of us who read and study our Bible’s should receive encouragement from them. As we build our trust, faith, and hope, we are prepared to share our hope with others. We have the ability to tell them why we have hope and they can have the same hope. We can lead them to Jesus, changing their lives forever.

I pray we all read and study God’s Word. I pray we are encouraged by what we read in Scripture. I pray each one of us shares the hope we have and lead others to the same hope in Jesus. Study God’s Word. Be encouraged by Scripture. Share you hope. Lead others to Jesus.

Romans 15:4 For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, so that by steadfastness and by the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope.