“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,” –1 Pet. 1:3 ( read vs. 21-25)
Securing hope begins with a knowledge of the fact that its source is God – “the God of hope“. But it requires more than that. Until a person is born again he has no basis for hope. As much as he might desire it, he can’t live in hope without the life that results from the new birth – which gives us assurance of a relationship with God. So until a person hears and receives the gospel hope is impossible.
When a person is born again he receives a living hope, based on the resurrection of Christ. Such hope can endure disappointments and survive trials. It lives because of our confidence in our living Savior, whose resurrection proved that there is always hope. Our circumstances change, but our confidence remains because it is founded upon the “incorruptible… word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever” (vs. 25). You can take away a person’s health, wealth, comfort, and fame, but his hope is “both sure and stedfast”, “an anchor of the soul” ( Heb. 6:19). So regardless of how dark the night we have the bright light of God’s precious promises assuring us of better days to come. It is this hope that enables us to “rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory” ( vs. 8).
So how is it with you? Do you have a hope such as this? If not that can change right now and forever by placing your faith in the “precious blood of Christ” (vs. 19). You can live everyday with the hope of “an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you” ( vs. 4). – HDS
David Stone
Lakeway Baptist Church
5801 FM 1960 E
Humble, TX. 77346
