A Hope Misplaced

I Timothy 4:10

For to this end we toil and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.

Where do we place our hope? It is so easy to have misplaced hope. We put it in things of this world so ofter. I find myself hoping for a good grade, hoping a relationship works out, hoping that I play a good game, hoping college works out, hoping I get a good job, etc... None of these are bad things, what is wrong though is that I am more eager and willing to place my hope in these things instead of things above (Colossians 3:2), where it should be. I love immediate results. Even though they are temporary. But this verse states that we toil and strive, we work so hard for this hope. We work so hard for our purpose. We strive to please our Savior, bringing glory to Him through our lives. But how often do we work for this hope and purpose? I have to say, not often enough. I don’t get in the Word like I know I should. I don’t get on my knees enough as I ought to. I don’t have my mind FULLY set on God like Isaiah 36:3-4 speaks of.. We must work hard at this walk we have with the King. No one ever said that it would be easy. We have to work hard in order to make progress. Just like working out, you get back what you put in. You will grow according to the effort you put into your walk. This is hard. I am so lazy at times, but I need to overcome that daily and nail it to my cross daily (Luke 14: 25-33). I so frequently find myself putting more trust in a chair than the God of the universe. I throw all of my weight onto that chair without thought, but am ever so reluctant to give God my problems, my addictions, my shame, which He desires to replace with peace, innocence  purity, and meaning. This is what our hope should be, that we will be with our Father for eternity, forgiven as if we never rebelled against Him, that everything will run according to plan, that no matter what, if God is on our side, no one can be against us! But so often, we decide that this hope isn’t enough. That we need to put hope in something uncertain. Something which is not guaranteed. Why??? I would much rather place my time and energy into something which is our hope for eternity than something that may last a few years. Family, let’s set our hope on the eternal God who loves us and saved us from an eternity terrible beyond comprehension and has taken the broken, empty, bitter people we were and changed us into people with a purpose, who are loved beyond imagination. If we can’t place our hope in God, who 100% guarantees that we will find meaning, love, peace and joy if we truly seek Him, regardless of the storms that hit us, what will we give Him?? 

Let’s place our hope in God from the core of who we are outward. 


Blessings