Hope that will not let you down

Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us. – Romans 5.5

I hope it doesn’t rain on our picnic. I hope I get picked for the team. We use phrase like this all the time. There is certainly no sureness in that kind of hope.

Bible hope though is a whole different story. Bible hope is a calm assurance. Our hope is God and His word is the only hope that won’t disappoint us. It is the only thing we can hope in to give us true hope for life eternal.

Our hope in Him will never disappoint because His love has been poured out by the Holy Spirit. We need not fear. We need not despair. We need not give up because the love of God gives us an unshakeable hope.

People are going to let us down. Circumstances our going to disappoint us. The economy may fail. Our jobs may be gone. We could lose it all.

But our hope in God can never, never, ever, in any way disappoint. It will always come trhough.