hope. what do you think of when you hear or think of the word hope?
this semester i am learning about hope in a whole new way that i have never thought of before...
i hope i passed that exam... i hope he or she isn't upset with me... i hope i don't get called in to work... i hope the sun shines tomorrow... i hope i get that job... i hope she recovers from that illness... i hope he calls me today... i hope i get that externship or summer job... i hope i can go visit my sister or my brother... i hope, i hope, i hope...
i am learning that hope alone is a poor strategy.
why?
because hoping for things will never work. i will get a poor exam grade. in fact, i just did. i will get called in to work. he or she will get upset with me. i will lose loved ones. this is life.
i am learning the importance of not hoping for things or in things, but hoping in someone. that someone being jesus, the hope of all, the hope that does not disappoint (Romans 5:5). see, at the end of the day, if my hope is in jesus, it doesn't matter what is going "well" or what is going "wrong." because underneath it all, jesus is the eternal hope that does not fail us.
happiness comes and goes as good grades reports come in and bad grade reports come in. but joy anchored in jesus does not go away. and i can rejoice because of him, not because of any circumstance.
note: this semester when i go to gym by myself, i listen to a message by john piper or louie giglio. it has been a great new tradition. this post was inspired by this message of louie's:
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