Hope is a Choice

"Because You’re all I want, You’re all I need, You’re everything.” This is the cry of my heart, and it has become my anthem. The beauty of everything is now vastly more apparent. The magnitude of God opened up to a life I never knew existed; a life of abundance even during the greatest hardships and trials.

What if I said, the sun always sets, and rises, with hope and a new day? Would you believe it? How about if I said, the Son died and rose with hope? Would you believe that? Each day, actually ever second within that day, we are offered a life of hope. Jesus does not offer condemnation, but He does present constant hope—and yes, God does teach us lessons, but that doesn’t mean there is no hope. If we believe that every day is a new day, why can’t we believe that Jesus offers new hope for everyday? God doesn’t examine our record and see if we are worthy of being part of His family. He made a way through giving up His perfect Son, making Him imperfect so we as imperfect sinful people could be part of His family.

Is that too much theological gibberish for you? Okay, fine by me, how about we make it easier to understand? A great man from my church back home once described it like this: “You’re swimming in the ocean. There is nothing around you, but the largest waves you’ve ever experienced. Waves that continue to knock you deeper, and deeper, into the depths of a never-ending sea. You are losing the ability to breath and lost all hope of survival. The whole time there has been a life vest thrown to you. A float that not only offers hope, but survival and you have two options. One options is to ignore the life vest and continue sinking deeper, and deeper, continuing to fight on your own with no hope. The second option is to cling to the life vest of hope. It’s a choice, the life vest is present, but we don’t have to take hold of it.”

Would you like to mix the two terminologies? The ocean represents the life we are living. The waves represent everything that can be thrown at us, and our sin, such as: stress, anxiety, lust, serving other gods, pain, suffer and etc. The life vest is salvation, and an invitation, into God’s family. God will not make us join His family, but He is the only one to offer constant hope in and a world of constant hardships. 

What is your choice?

This is only the beginning of life with hope; there are numerous other magnitudes of blessings and life in abundance to be offer. Are you curious? Ask me! How about we partner together and help you figure it out? Life is beautiful; we just need a little help to see all the beauty admits the trials.