The Names of Jesus--Day 9

Good Morning!

Our name for Jesus for today: The Hope of Glory

"To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory." Col. 1:27, NIV

Hope. This is a very interesting word, because it is an intangible. You cannot hold "hope" in your hand. Often we will use this word to describe things that are not real important. "I hope there is sun today," we might say. But unless we are a farmer with a crop that is about to be washed away from excess rain (or some such thing as that), it probably is not critical that we have sun. We hope for good grades in school--but those grades are more a result of our hard work during the semester than they are of how much we "hoped."

But hope IS a very important thing--and is talked about many times in the Bible.

There is:

the hope of the resurrection (2 Corinthians 3:12)

the hope of righteousness (Galations 5:5)

the hope of salvation (2 Corinthians 1:10)

the hope of eternal life (Titus 1:2,3)

We have hope because of divine grace (Romans 12:12). Hope saves us (Romans 8:24). Hope looks to God (Acts 24:15).

The word "Hope" points to Jesus, who is the source of all real hope. Without Him, we have nothing. With Him, we have everything!