Salt and Light: Hope 

By Brent Davis, Campus Ministry Coordinator 

Hope is an important concept in the Bible. Hope gives us resilience. Psalm 37, one of my favorites, says: “Put your hope in the Lord. Travel steadily along his path. He will honor you by giving you the land. You will see the wicked destroyed” (v. 34, NLT). Our hope or confidence in a good outcome is dependent on what or whom our hope is based. Hope of winning the lottery is almost certain to be dashed. Hope of getting a good return from the stock market is somewhat reasonable but hope in the Lord is a guarantee of a good outcome. 

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Edward Mote put it very elegantly: 

My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus Christ, my righteousness;
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly lean on Jesus’ name. 

On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand,
  All other ground is sinking sand. (https://www.hymnal.net/en/hymn/h/298) 

For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. (Jeremiah 29: 11) 

God has good plans for you! Are you following His plan? I hope so.