Now faith is the assurance (the confirmation, the title deed) of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of things [we] do not see and the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses].
Hebrews 11:1
We know from other scriptures that it is impossible to please God without faith, that we are the just and the just will live by faith. We can go on and on about the importance of faith in our life. But how does faith come? How does faith become something tangible? How does it become evident?
FAITH starts back at something else. It starts at hope. I want to take a look at hope from a lens that I think will start to clarify some things for us. Because if you are missing out, if I am missing out on things of God, it’s because we haven’t had that blessing. Bottom line, the blueprint. HOPE is like a blueprint. If we don’t have that blueprint, we can’t build a building. No architect no architect that’s worth his money, is going to say, we’ll just, you know, wing it.
We need to build on faith the way God intends us to build on faith. And I want you to see this concept, because it’s very clear in the scriptures. What hope is in its most broad explanation is being able to see a picture in your heart of something God has promised.
It is basically using your imagination. It’s using your imagination for godly purposes. We all have an imagination. We wouldn’t have a memory if we didn’t have an imagination. But most of us, as adults, sort of dropped imagination in our imaginary play times and friends when we started to grow up thinking that’s childish. But actually, it’s foolish to drop our imagination.
AGAIN, hope is being able to see a picture in your heart of something God has promised.
START PICTURING HOPE NOW!