Daily Devotional
Do You Have Hope in Jesus’ Return?
“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
Hebrews 11:1
August 2, 2022
Ponder This
The word hope does not mean “a fond desire.” It means a glorious assurance based on the Word of God. We use the word hope today to mean something similar to the word wish. We hope something will happen, but we also don’t want to get our hopes too high so that we won’t be overly disappointed. We would like for something to happen, but it isn’t sure. That isn’t what the word hope means in the Bible. The Second Coming of Jesus is called “the blessed hope” (see Titus 2:13). How do we know that Jesus is coming again? We have God’s promise. The Lord Jesus said, “If I go … I will come again” (John 14:3). He said, “I will!” Therefore, we have this hope like an anchor. You don’t put an anchor in a cloud bank. The Bible calls hope the “anchor of the soul” (Hebrews 6:19)! An anchor holds firm and can be trusted in every season. This is the hope we have in Jesus.
- How much trust do you put in the promises of the Bible?
- How has today’s devotion changed the way you think about hope?
Practice This
Write out a list of things you are hoping for. Make a corresponding list of promises from the Bible that you can have certain hope in.
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