Hope

Function: noun
Date: before 12th century
1 archaic : trust, reliance
2 a : desire accompanied by expectation of or belief in fulfillment ; also : expectation of fulfillment or success b : someone or something on which hopes are centered c : something hoped for

Hope.
I hope so.
Hopefully.

It's such an easy thing to say. To say I'm hopeful of this or that sounds so much more confident - more stable than to say I'm wishing for it, but if I'm honest, isn't that really the case? How often can I say that I look forward with the expectation of success?

Do I really trust and rely on God? Do I hope in Him? How often do I ask, but not expect to receive the thing I requested? How often do I fail to ask for the very same reason? Could it be that I'm only wandering around wishing without the faith to change wishing into hoping?

Do I trust and rely on Jesus? I can say I'm learning to... He's been faithful to fulfill every promise. He's never left me, and let me tell you, there have been a lot of times when I would have left me, if I could have only figured out how. I'm starting to look ahead and see possible taking the place of unlikely. I'm beginning to see the things that aren't as if they are, and I can honestly say that I look forward to tomorrow with hope - fully expecting that the Jesus I have gone all in for will be there when no one else can.


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