Friday, December 8th Cele Bullard
HOPE
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
Romans 15:13
Where Jesus is, there is hope. Advent helps us to see with fresh eyes that our aspirations are already in progress because Christ is here with us. Because of his coming among us, hope is within our grasp.
If our desires are present in Christ, then hope finds its guarantee in Him. We have hope because we already see the effects of Jesus in our lives and in the life of the Church. Hope gives us the ability to see Christ in all, to encounter Him in prayer, and to hear Him in the Scriptures. All this gives our lives an enduring character. Christian hope says life is not transient, but rather is persisting because it is united to Jesus’s own life. Advent is the training ground of hope recognizing God’s presence as saving in the face of whatever is fleeting and passing.
God’s existence among us becomes clearer as we walk daily in the Christian journey. It is the unfolding of hope and His love and protection pouring out over us.
Heaven is in our midst today through Jesus’s presence among us.
By turning toward the Lord, we will experience his love for us, which will give us our desire for Him, thereby enabling us to grow in our hope.
A Prayer for Hope: Lord, I continue to abide in my hope in and for You and hold onto the assurance that what I am praying for is already accomplished.
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