At Dunamis Glory Dome on ‘The Blessing of Hope’.
Jeremiah 17:7-8.
Objective: To understand the connection between the blessing of hope and hope in God.
When we talk about hope, we are talking about expectation, aspiration and positive outlook to life. Hope, especially hope in God is one of the critical necessities in life.
There are many things you can do without in life but what is called hope, expectation, aspiration, a positive outlook in life, it is impossible. A person without money but with hope has a better future than someone with money but without hope.
In this upside down world, hope in God will bail us out, trust in God will bail us out. Hope is so important that life itself is sustained by hope. Job 14:14. When people begin to give up, they begin to go down- go down physically and go down in death.
The Blessedness of Hopefulness
1. To hope in God is to be planted as a tree.
Hope in God is key to stability and immovability in life. When you see a man or a woman who is stable, hope in God is behind it. Psalm 46:1-5.
2. To hope in God is to be planted and rooted by the river. Jeremiah 17:8.
Hope in God equals connection to unending refreshing, unending irrigation; it makes dryness impossible. Job 22:29.
3. To hope in God is to be free from the heat of life. Jeremiah 17:8. Malachi 4:1-2. It means that hope in God delivers people from unnecessary stress and sweat in life.
4. To hope in God is to exist in colour. Jeremiah 17:8. When we talk of colour, we talk of splendour. Hope in God delivers from the loss of colour, honour and glory in life irrespective of seasonal changes; seasons are changing but you are not aware because your connection is God not man.
5. To hope in God is to be connected or established in ceaseless fruitfulness. Jeremiah 17:8. People who know you with fruitfulness will not see you today empty handed. Hope in God exempts you from the plague of empty handedness and barrenness.
The way of hopefulness is the way of blessedness and the way of hopelessness is the way of ‘blesslessness’. No matter how hard you try, if you are not hopeful in life, you can’t be blessed.
Counsel
– Avoid functioning and existing in hopelessness rather, keep hope alive by placing your hope in God. Psalm 42:5.
– Uphold other secrets of the Blessing to guarantee the Blessing. Psalm 5:13, Exodus 23:25, Acts 20:35b, Matthew 16:17.
