Every human being places his hope in something that will achieve his desires. We are born with a sense of hope, just as an infant expresses his needs through a cry for food or comfort. In our imaginations, we all tend to project our lives into future events while hoping to have a better experience. Sometimes we can lose sleep over thinking about what will happen at a particular event and wonder how we will react. In the end we must surrender our hearts to some kind of expectation that may be positive or negative.

It’s no secret that we all, at some point in our lives, desire/hope that things could be different and try to accept whatever life brings. Our view of life and beliefs connect us to our fundamental hopes and dreams.

There are three different elements which hope reveals. Since we live in a broken world and nothing is perfect, hope assesses for something better than where we are or what we have. If we lived in a perfect world there would be no need for hope. Our hope always has an object/goal that causes us to look at the possibilities of our situation changing for the better. The last thing hope gives us is an expectation for our circumstances to improve and fulfill our aspirations.

There are two ways to hope for things horizontally or vertically. Horizontal hope can lead you to look for hope in life through relationships with other broken people. The problem is that people are not perfect and are subject to conditions that can change at any given moment. They are a part of the problem because they are unable to deliver to us what we really need in our brokenness. What happens is the revolving door syndrome; we are in and out of relationships with people and organizations.

Apostle Paul reminds us in Romans 5:5 that hope in God will never put us to shame. It will never embarrass us by failing to deliver what we need. In other words, vertical hope in God is the only person that we can be sure of and secure in because He never fails… but we do.  He can give you the life, the love, the peace and the security that your soul hopes for.

Philippians 4:19 NJJV “But my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.”

Celebrate with us at the Villages Community Chapel in Cribari Auditorium, every Sunday at 10 a.m. to be encouraged over the Word of Life, enjoy a cup of coffee and cookies with friends. The chapel is a place for needs to be met, faith to be affirmed and new friends to embrace. You can view our worship services on YouTube at Villages Community Chapel