This hope we have as
an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast.
Hebrews 6:19
It has taken many years in my walk of faith to overcome the
thought of trying to do ‘enough’ to please God.
This is, unfortunately, how many people live their lives; hoping that
they have been to church enough, read their Bibles enough, and prayed enough to
please God. They hope God will forgive
them and are often times uncertain that He actually will. They hope that they will one day be
considered worthy of heaven.
Hope is vastly different from God’s point of view and He
doesn’t want us to just live our lives trying to fulfill some sort of ‘Holy
status-quo.’ True hope comes from being
thankful that God loves us so much that He sent His only Son to die on the
cross for us, thus saving us from certain death.
We can look back to the past to know that God never breaks
His promises to us because He is just and He is good. His grace is not
something we can earn or work towards like bonus points on a credit card or
airline.
True hope comes from knowing that He loves us and that’s why
He sent Jesus to this earth to save us, even though we don’t deserve it.
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