Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope (1 Timothy 1.1)
Our lives are filled with hope. We all have unfulfilled desires to see certain things come to pass, and we put our emotional energy into longing them into existence. We can hope for things that are exceedingly mundane like our favorite sports team winning the big game. We share the hope in it because we share a kinship with the players and experience community with a broader fellowship of fans. We can rejoice together in victory and that experience, once tasted, encourages us to hope for more. We can hope for greater things like the conception of a child. There is nothing so stinging as the hopelessness of a barren womb. Streaming tears on the face of a childless mother speaks to the resounding echoes of hope within her soul. Like Hannah, the mother of Samuel, she wept holding to an unseen hope in God's provision.
And above all these things is Jesus, our hope. Jesus is our only hope. Jesus is our only sure hope. Beyond the hope of shared rejoicing with our greater community, beyond the incredible hope of creating communities of our own, is the unparalleled hope of everlasting relationship with our Creator. Within the community of the Godhead, the Father, Son and Spirit have invited us to share fellowship with our one true God. We have a never-ending hope of eternal joy. We have been redeemed from our sin and raised to new life. As we follow the command of the Father in our day-to-day lives we hold a hope that no earthly aspiration can equal: eternity in our heart rooted in Jesus our hope.
Jesus, thank you for being my eternal hope. I can live each day, seeking to bring glory to the Father knowing that my hope is secure in your hands.