“So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal” – 2 Corinthians 4:18
As mentioned before, our hope is not based on our own thoughts or desires. It needs to be based on the Bible and God's promises.
“Lord, you are the hope of Israel; all who forsake you will be put to shame. Those who turn away from you will be written in the dust because they have forsaken the Lord, the spring of living water” – Jeremiah 17:13
“Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope. 14 For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him” – 1 Thessalonians 4:13-14
“Then he said to me: “Son of man, these bones are the people of Israel. They say, ‘Our bones are dried up and our hope is gone; we are cut off.’ 12 Therefore prophesy and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: My people, I am going to open your graves and bring you up from them; I will bring you back to the land of Israel” – Ezekiel 37:11-12
Our hope is to be liberated from the bondage of sin and to live eternally with God
“For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have? 25 But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently” – Romans 8:24-25
When God begins his work, he will complete it. Then we need to be those who can be confident in the promises of God
“I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us” – Romans 8:18
