Living in Hope

     There are several examples of attitudes and actions of living in hope that witnessed in the Bible, among others:

1. In the Gospel of Matthew 25:1-13; the story of ten virgin; tells the story of five virgin, the faithful waiting in hope, to keep the lamp was not extinguished.

2. Testimony sermon on the Mount, in Matthew 5:3-12; the Christian witness of the hope, that the blessed are those who strive to reach the truth of God. They got the promise will be treated in the Kingdom of God. 

     Living in hope is the attitude and actions of life who believe in the coming new heaven and earth. Attitudes and actions of this expectation is based on the power of the resurrection of Christ (read in 1 Corinthians 15:14). The sky is the atmosphere and a new life where all things renewed by the power of the resurrection of Christ (read in 2 Peter 3:13).

     Living in hope also is an attitude and actions of living constantly striving for perfection will lead to a faith in God. Living in hope is a life that sees a future, the plan of God. Living in hope is a life that constantly want to fight for God's justice, human welfare, eradicate all kinds of disease, and ignorance. Life that make and declare shalom and the Kingdom of God to humanity and all God's creation.

     Living in hope is not the attitude of life that want to run or want to escape from reality every day life's difficulties. Living in hope is alive overcome every difficulty and struggle for justice and righteousness of God and give real hope to mankind and the world. Living in hope is not pessimistic about the situation of living in today's world situation. The development of the world became a trigger, which challenge and encourage believers to realize the hope of his faith. The Bible also tells an interesting story, about two young people who have hope.

     They were hopeless, that God will continue to work for his people. In 1 Samuel 14, told in very clear, how the nation of Israel or Israeli troops are in very sad circumstances. Philistine chariots five times more than the number of Israeli troops. King Saul had lost control, see the fact. All blacksmith Israel have been arrested by the Philistines, all the people of Israel no longer possible to increase the number of weapons for war. The people of Israel or Israeli troops were waiting for death or defeat them against the Philistines. If the situation is not hopeless, there was Jonathan, the son of Saul. He does nothing but raise the spirit to have hope. He proposed to a young man (who brought the gun) to examine the armies of the Philistines, with hope, "Maybe God will act for us, because the Lord is not difficult to help, whether with people or with a few people" (1 Samuel 14:6) .

  That's the hope. Hope is the essence of believers, "But who among the living has hope, because a live dog is better than a dead lion" (Ecclesiastes 9:4). Living in hope is alive who know who God is real. There is no expectation that without knowing God properly. 

    With hope, we will be more confident that the strength in us is from God who continues to work in us. That God will never leave us. That our lives are always in God's control. God is always good design for the believer. 

With this hope, too, then we will be more confident that God will continue to exist on our side, because we entrust our lives to Him.