Hope Can't See It

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.  Romans 15:13

Hope has few instances in the gospel, only one in the NKJV and it isn't about the coming of Jesus. Of course it isn't! He was there. For thousands of years the hope had been for the arrival of the Messiah, but in the gospel accounts the hope of the ages had arrived. As Paul explains in another place in his letter to the Romans, one does not hope for what can be seen. Hope took a holiday while our Lord Jesus was here walking in the flesh. Now that He has ascended to sit beside the Father, we have hope once more in His return. Yes, as you can well see, hope means ya can't see or hold it yet. 

As Jesus told Thomas, blessed are those who have not seen, and yet have believed. Our hope grows by faith in Him!

Bucky