Good morning people who are loved by a hope-filled God

Romans 15:13 NIV May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

God is a God of hope.

The word ‘hope’ in this and many other scriptures is very different to what we mean when we say something like, “I hope it works out”.

When we say this, we mean we’re not sure or confident something will work out. This is often said from a starting point of uncertainty and even a thought that it probably won’t…but we hope somehow it might.

But when it says our God is the God of hope, it means something very different!

When hope refers to God and when it refers to the hope He wants to give us, this is what it means: ‘a joyful and confident expectation – to anticipate, usually with pleasure’.

Towards us, God has a joyful and confident expectation of His goodness wonderfully invading and leading our lives!

May we receive it today!