GIVE ME HOPE!
1 Thessalonians 2:19 – Devotional
1 Thessalonians 2:19
“For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Is it not even you in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at His coming?”
Some of you who are reading the DailyEvotional for today feel that you are at the end of your rope. The pressures of life have been crushing in on you from all directions and, one after another, your safe havens have disappeared. You may even feel that there is not place to go for help.
“Hope” is thought of as wishing for something that probably will not happen as we know the likelihood is very slim. That concept of the meaning seems to be all too common. Let me correct that idea once and for all.
The Greek word for hope as used in 1 Thessalonians 2:19 is the word elpis. It carries with it the meaning of confident expectation that God is the answer. Do you hear that? It is confidently waiting for something the Lord has prepared especially for us!
Let me read that one more time – It is confidently waiting for something the Lord has prepared especially for us!
It is not what we desire for ourselves, but what God wants to do in and through us.
I think the greatest joy in life is to be used of God.
Blessings dear hearts. Walk with God today and be a blessing and have HOPE—confident expectation that God is THE ANSWER!
– – – Pastor Cecil
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