HOPE

Shio Shio Gai Loti Entry #13

I had wanted to write this entry for the longest time. The entry is on "HOPE"..hope you will enjoy it =)

According to Webster Dictionary, the definition of HOPE are as follows:

(1) To desire with expectation or with belief in the prospect of obtaining
(2) Be optimistic
(3) To place confidence

The word HOPE was mentioned a lot of times in the bible.

A familiar verse in Jeremiah 29:11, God has given us a future and a HOPE.

God is a good giver of dreams and visions. At different stages in life, we would have different goals that we are pursuing. The essential reason that motivates us in pursuing our dreams and visions could probably be our HOPE in God to eventually see them come to past.

However along the journey, we might come across or experience a common statement such as "Maybe its not meant to be.......". This simple statement may not be as simple as it looks. A lot of thinking process would have been made before this statement would come out from a person's mouth. It simply reflects the discouragement and disappointment of a person.

(Proverbs 13:12)
"Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But when the desire comes, it is a tree of life"

Personally I think, the number 1 killer of HOPE is when you have hope but the waiting process tires you as you don't see any results. Proverbs 13:12 mentioned that Hope deferred makes the heart sick. A person who hopes and waited with no results will often fall into disappointment. He might start questioning himself about the probability and possibilities of achieving them.

(Psalm 31:24)
"Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart, All you who hope in the Lord"

God has reminded us that our HOPE should be in Him. In Psalm 31:24, when our HOPE is in God, He shall strengthen our heart, so that ultimately we shall see the visions come to past.

HOPE to me is like the oxygen that we breathe. When we have oxygen, we are able to breathe with ease and able to think properly. However when we are in a situation where there is a lack of oxygen, our vision starts to be blur, we would find difficulty in breathing and eventually suffocate and die.

The same applies for the HOPE in our visions, dreams or goals. We should constantly feed them with the oxygen of heaven. Through praying, fasting, reading the word, positive confession, we are pumping oxygen into our HOPE in God. Under this environment, the HOPE we have would be able to breathe and grow under the purview of God.

If we do not feed our visions and dreams in an atmosphere of oxygen, they would slowly start to become blur, loses sight, struggle and eventually suffocate and die. Many people lose their focus and vision because they lost HOPE after waiting for a while and not seeing results.

HOPE = Hanging On Praying Expectantly

HOPE = Heart Of Persistence Expectation

HOPE = Having Optimism Plus Encouragement

HOPE = Happy Outlook Positive Ending

(Jeremiah 17:7-8)

"Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, And whose hope is the LORD. For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, which spreads out its roots by the river. And will not fear when heat comes; But its leaf will be green, And will not be anxious in the year of drought, Nor will cease from yielding fruit"

Jeremiah 17 comes timely for many of us in this season. Many things had happened in such a short time. Regardless of the situation that we are in, let us not lose HOPE in the things that we are doing. Our HOPE is in the Lord. Keep on keeping on, let's not grow weary in doing good. Keep on praying, be positive, optimistic about the future, learn to encourage ourselves and put our trust in God. He is in control.