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Saved in Hope

We know that the whole creation is groaning together and suffering labor pains up until now. And it’s not only the creation. We ourselves who have the Spirit as the first crop of the harvest also groan inside as we wait to be adopted and for our bodies to be set free. We were saved in hope.

—Romans 8:22-24

Whether we are conscious of it or not, we all have hope. We hope that the work we do will make a difference or that it will at least be accomplished well. We hope that our children will be strong and healthy and grow up to be kind and generous people. We hope that we’ll get to enjoy more of life as the days ahead unfold because we’ve been mired in things that don’t make life easy. Whatever it is and wherever we are, we live in hope.

In Paul’s letter to the Romans, though, he takes that idea a step further. He says we were saved in hope. We were saved in hope and we long for our spirits to be set free. We anticipate the coming of Christ as the moment when we can be all that we were meant to be in his eyes. We hope that we are blessed in the harvest and picked to be with our Lord forever. We live in hope.

We are anchored in the hope of our Redeemer. Let us live and work and play in that hope every day.

You have the hope of eternal life as a child of God.

QUIET THE WAVES

Lord, I am so grateful for the hope I have in you. I know that if all else fails, if I cannot accomplish all that I hope to achieve, still I am eternally safe in your care. I have put all my hope in your hands. Amen.