+DEV+ H – Hope in Heaven

Date: September 15, 2009 10:48 PM
Topic: +DEV+ H – Hope in Heaven

H – Hope in Heaven

“Now we are children of God. . . . But we know that when he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him, for we shall see him as he is.” (1 John 3:2-3)
Scripture Focus: Ephesians 2:11-13

There is no hope”—hard words for a physician to utter when the marvels of modern medicine offer no cure. They are even harder words for the family of the terminally ill to hear.

“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life” (Proverbs 13:12). The thread of hope, fragile though it may be, keeps many a person alive long beyond the projected statistics. But when a patient finally gives up, often his earthly life soon ends.

Norman Cousin, following recovery from a serious illness, observed in his Anatomy of an Illness, “Some experts don’t really know enough to make a pronouncement of doom upon a human being. And I hope they would be careful about what they say to others. They might be believed, and that could be the beginning of the end.”

The believer in Christ has a hope that does not find its demise at the grave, but, guaranteed by Christ, is eternal and unchangeable (see Ephesians 2:12; Titus 1:2).

Insight: Thank your Heavenly Father that He has given you hope, not just for today, but for all eternity in Heaven.

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