Hope is something I always would like to be able to hold onto. Hope is something that gets me through difficult times. Hope is the beacon and the end of a dark tunnel of trials. Hope is the light of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
In this life, we can have hope. We can live in hope, knowing that Christ will return again to take us to Himself. Every Christian must live in hope, in anticipation for the life to come.
"This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the Presence behind the veil, where the forerunner has entered for us, even Jesus, having become High Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek." (Hebrews 6:19-20)
To live a life of hope is to live a life with eternal purpose. Knowing that the trials on this life are only temporary, and that God will not give you more than what you can endure. We must work to remain, to a certain extent, optimistic. Although not all things are good, God works everything to the good of those who love Him.
Lords Day 10 of the Heidelberg Catechism sums this all up nicely: We may be patient in adversity, thankful in prosperity, and with view to the future, we can have a firm confidence in our faithful God and father, that nothing shall separate us from His love, for all creatures are so completely in His hand, that without His will, they cannot so much as move.
"Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful." (Hebrews 10:23)
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