Glorious Hope

“Through Him…we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.” Romans 2

Our current topic of discussion on PUYB is the 7 spiritual blessings that Paul lists out in Romans 5. In the past two days we covered the first two of the seven blessings that we receive from God through redemption in Jesus Christ. Today, we will discuss the third: Glorious Hope.

Hope is such an interesting and important characteristic of the Christian life. So much of the richness of our Christian lives is tied to hope – the hope of the glory of God. In hope, we can understand the purpose of our past and present struggles and accomplishments. The Bible says that He has set purpose to every one of our days even before the first came to be (Psalm 139 v 16). His purpose for those whom He foreknew is to be conformed to the image of Christ (Romans 8 V 29).

This means that anything and everything that we have encountered or will ever encounter in our lives has the preset purpose of leading us closer to God and creating in us His character. Nothing is meaningless. Not your cancer, not your broken marriage, not your wandering child, not your struggles with sin, not your car accident, not your dysfunctional home, not the death of your loved one, NOT ANYTHING. Everything is meaningful, purposeful, intentional and necessary for your Christian life.

Hope also gives meaning to our future. Our hope does not put us to shame (Romans 5v5). Our hope, as followers of Christ, is not in the world we see but in the things not seen (Hebrews 11 v 1). One day, the things of earth will pass away and we will be with Him in eternity. He will wipe away every tear from our eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away (Revelation 21 v 4).

This is the glorious hope we have in Christ.

There is more to know about this glorious hope we have in Christ. Pick up your Bible!