Without hope we're toast.
You may as well lock the doors, pull the shades and spend the rest of your days binge-watching Netflix.
But with hope it's a different story.
Hope enlivens.
It gets you thinking about possibilities. It puts the fight back into you. It springs you into action.
And...
Hope is available...
... because God is on the move... at work behind the scenes... overseeing every detail to accomplish His good purpose.
Theologians call this providence... or the means God uses to wisely and powerfully preserve and govern all His creatures and all their actions.
The gist of providence to remember is:
God is always doing more than what meets the eye.
And this conviction -- that He is alive, well and still writing HIS story in ways we can't fully see -- gives hope...
... which is exactly what you need to keep fighting the good fight He's ordained for you.
'May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing...' (Rom.15:13).