Hope Lives In Christ!

Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us. Romans 5:5

Having been here before, I know that the question has been answered: of course you have been disappointed by someone and so have I. Paul gives to us a bit of the good news when he begins this verse with the assurance that hope does not disappoint. From that we can do a little detective work and work our way back through this assurance. Who gave to the disciples His Holy Spirit? Jesus did in John 20:22:

And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.

Passed on to all who believe at Pentecost, the Holy Spirit pours out in your heart and mine the love of God. This is the reason Paul gives to us that hope, our hope in Christ, does not disappoint. Now, if we go back in Romans 5, and read the first four verses we see such hope in our Lord Jesus. And for this time in which we live, we also see tribulation. As long as we live here on this Earth and in our time, we will endure tribulations and glory in them. It is a strange attitude to our worldly senses to revel in the hope of Jesus that does not disappoint, and at the same time glory in the tribulations that make life so darn difficult! 

Great is the love of our Lord God!

Bucky