Hope Tied Tightly With Trust and Faith

We who have run for our very lives to God have every reason to grab the promised hope with both hands and never let go. -Hebrews 6:18

Hope. It's a challenging word. It's even more challenging to live through it. But as Christians, we are called to cling to it because our ultimate hope is Jesus Christ. I've been discovering and pondering (particularly today) how trust and hope go hand in hand. They are almost one and the same and they tie themselves to faith. 

I have been in a season of transition for the past month and to say that it's been challenging is an understatement. My heart has had to learn how to squeeze tightly to Jesus and to befriend the disciplines of stillness, patience, hope, trust, and faith. Like a tree awaits the spring after the winter, so my heart has been awaiting for promises to be fulfilled and for a new season. But there's something to be said of having to discipline our souls and hearts to place their trust in the Lord. The waiting and the perseverance builds character. It also reveals the inadequacies and weaknesses in us--reminding us forever the same that we are a people in desperate need. We need the Lord to come through. We need him to reveal His ways to us. We need a deep drink from His fountain of life, so that we are able to keep moving forward.

I'm still waiting for the Lord to move upon my heart and situation. Some days move as slowly as the dripping directly from the honeycomb. Others move by so rapidly, I almost feel that I am out of time. But the Lord's timing is always perfect. Never forget this. Let it resonate deeply in every fiber of your being. Your hope is in the living God! He isn't dead. He's alive and active in your life!!! He truly is. Grab hold of hope and you will find its companions of trust and faith.

I'm grabbing ahold today. Are you?