If there ever has been a time when we needed hope, it is now. People are searching for hope, wanting something steady to hold on to. This kind of hope is found in the Bible.
The Word of God encourages us with many scriptures about hope. One reason the Bible was written was to give us hope. Romans 15:4 (NIV) says, “For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.”
We need “Bible hope” today. Some Christians who have heard the faith message claim that those “hoping” for something are not in faith. That simply isn’t so.
Without hope, we could never have faith. Hebrews. 6:19 (NIV) says, “We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure.” Hope is the spiritual force that sets goals for faith to achieve.
Some compare hope to a thermostat. It starts a process to achieve an end result. If I want to change a room’s temperature, I set the thermostat to the temperature I hope, or desire, the room to be. Then, I believe the system will operate, making my hope for a hotter or colder room a reality.
This process mirrors how faith works. Hope is the “thermostat” that sets in motion what we want our faith to accomplish. Then faith works to make it a reality.
Without the thermostat, the system will not produce the desired result, and without hope, faith won’t either.
Some Christians think we must be in either faith or hope, not realizing that we need both. Hebrews 11:1 (NIV 1984) says, “Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.”
Hope is the anchor that secures us as our faith in God leads us on. Both are necessary for a stable life. Together, they hold us steady in difficult times. For faith’s sake, we must hold on to hope; it is vital for the day we live in.
Author
Kenneth W. Hagin
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