DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, OCTOBER 1, 2013
REJOICING IN HOPE
And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. Romans 5:5
Empty hope always makes one ashamed. When you hope for something that is unfounded, ungrounded, unpurposed--the results are empty, void, vain. But hope that is given by God is full of promise--enlightening our future, fulfilling God's plans, and making whole our potential. Hope is a grace given to bring us to our promised futures. And you know that God's hope is real because He fills our hearts with the Holy Ghost, and the Holy Ghost comforts us in hope. The Holy Ghost excites us in hope and sheds a LOVE that is greater than wine abroad in our hearts, sustaining us in hope.
This hope given by the love and grace of God maketh not ashamed.
Today, we are rejoicing in hope!
