Living Beyond Wishful Thinking

Living on wishful thinking is so darn unsatisfying!  Hope deferred makes the heart sick.  True hope is confident of it's fulfillment when it intersects with faith.

“God also bound himself with an oath, so that those who received the promised could be perfectly sure that he would never change his mind. So God has given both his promise and his oath. These two things are unchangeable because it is impossible for God to lie. Therefore, we who have fled to him for refuge can have great confidence as we hold to the hope that lies before us. This is hope is a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls. It leads us through the curtain into God’s inner sanctuary.” Hebrews 6:17-19


• Faith is confidence that God is who He says He is and that He will do what He says He will do.

• Hope lies before us, not behind us. Keep looking forward! Navel-gazing and digging through the past sets us adrift, makes us wobbly, and insecure.

• Our hope is an anchor for our souls, and Christ is that hope. When we are anchored in Him, we have faith (see above definition), when our hope is Him, we have faith.

• Hope without faith in Christ is just wishful thinking. False hope.

When I have faith in God and what He has promised, then I can lean forward in hope, lean forward in life, knowing that my hope is securely fastened to One who does not lie, who is unchangeable. Faith produces a hope that will not be disappointed! This gives me a massive boldness to continue, to press forward, to persevere, to not grow weary.

So, I read His promises; I find out what He has to say for my life; I believe; I apply them; I keep applying them. One thing I’ve learned: the practice of applying His promises grows my faith and confidence like nothing else. You can start with one promise – find one that speaks into your life right now and give it a go!

Lean forward today, press into the hope you have in Christ – have faith – and start living your best life!