By, Tim Irving – Evangelism Team
When someone says, “I sure hope I get into Heaven,” they probably won’t! God doesn’t want us to hope we’ll get into Heaven, He wants us to know we’ll get into Heaven. Hope isn’t some vague, unsure longing, but a solid sense of expectancy God wants to instill in us. Jesus came to give us that fulfilling hope through His life, death, and resurrection. If by faith you believe in Him, accept Him as your Lord and Savior, repent of your past sins, become His disciple and get baptized soon after, you’ve done everything He’s asked. Your hope is now in “nothing less than Jesus’ blood and righteousness,” which is more than enough. Your hope, your expectancy, is in His promises, and He fulfills His promises. In times of trouble, His peace will comfort us. When things seem to be chaotic and out of control, we can trust that they will work out for good because we love Him and are called according to His purpose. When we feel down trodden by the world and its tribulations, we know He has overcome the world! We don’t have a vague, timid hope. We have the hope, the expectancy, of our Heavenly Father, our Lord and Savior, the Holy Spirit, and the confident knowledge that one day all things will be fulfilled and we will be with them in our Heavenly home!