“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade – kept in heaven for you, who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time” 1Peter 1:3-5.
As Believers, we are born into A Living HOPE. Believers anchor their HOPE in Jesus Chris. The promises of the Bible and the words of Jesus are always true and always lead to lasting fulfillment: “The salvation of the righteous comes from the Lord: He is their stronghold in times of trouble. The Lord helps them and delivers them; He delivers them from the wicked and saves them because they take refuge in Him” (Psalm 37:39-40).
Those who do not put Jesus at the center of their lives have no foundation for their desires and live with a false sense of security. They pursue wealth, materialism, and other worldly success rather than God and find that their dreams go unfulfilled, fail to satisfy, and lead to ruin: “Better the little that the righteous have than the wealth of many wicked; for the power of the wicked will be broken, but the Lord upholds the righteous” (Psalm 36:16-17).
The Lord does not disappoint those who seek His will. At times we might feel temporarily let down when something we wanted was not in God's plan. While one door may close, there is always another about to open with something better behind it. We can be sure He never goes back on His promises to give His children the very best: “I am the Lord your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go” (Isaiah 48:17). The best choice you can make is to fix your HOPE in the Lord. HOPE in the Lord never fails. Your circumstances may change, but Jesus never does. He is A Living HOPE who never disappoints.
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