Hope Springs Eternal

“But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.”
~Lamentations 3:21-23

Alexander Pope said, "Hope springs eternal in the human breast..." I'm sure it does, otherwise, we'd have given up long ago. However, I am more inclined to put my hope in something much more sure than myself - my hope is in the Lord (Psalm 39:7).

Hope is described as an aspiration, desire, wish, expectation, ambition, aim, goal, plan, design; but it's also described as "a feeling of trust." This is the hope we have in Jesus Christ because we are:

“Waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ… (Titus 2:13)."

There's a lot of things to hope for in this world. We hope for good relationships, we hope for our children to be healthy, we hope for our lives to be long and full, but none of these things are within our control. We have that hope because the alternative is much too horrible to even think about. But when our hope is placed in Jesus Christ we don't worry about those types of things or their alternative. When our hope is placed in Jesus Christ, we know that our place is secure. We know that Jesus Christ has the very best plan for our lives, and we do not have to worry about the future no matter what may happen.

“But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles;
they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint (Isaiah 40:31).”