But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with endurance.
Romans 8:25
Christmas...that time when we celebrate. We celebrate family. We celebrate with eating....LOTS of eating. We celebrate with gifts. We celebrate the hope for the new year to come.
But what does it mean to "hope"? Here's the best definition I have found thus far: "Hope" is the confident expectation of what God has promised. How does that grab you? Remember WAY back in Jeremiah 29:11? God reminds us, "I have plans for you. Plans to prosper you, not harm you." Therefore, we hold God's promise as our hope. We wait expectantly for the fulfillment of God's promise.
There are those who will try to tell you that having hope in God's promises is just a load of hot air, but ask yourself this: Has God EVER made a promise that He did not keep? EVER? Nope! God has never once made a promise only to yank back the curtain and say "Tah Dah, I was just kidding SUCKER!"
When God promises, you can wait expectantly because He ALWAYS fulfills His promises!!!
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