Christian Hope is Fire Within Us

Hope is not dreaming. Dreams come with no guarantees. Hope is not based on illusions. Illusions are false. Hope is not based on others. Our hope is not a reflection of the social vision. It is not based on the expectations of any human, organisation or society. Our hope is not scripted by the social dimension. Today society operates from materialistic, secular, fatalistic, hedonistic and individualistic scripts. Hope is God’s divine script. Real hope is based on reality. Hope that is true. Our hope is based on God. Hope is not based on any assurances in this world but solely on the promises of God. Our hope is an absolute cast iron guarantee. Hope is placing our trust on Christ’s promises and not relying on our own strength but the grace of the Holy Spirit. Hope directs our purpose, points us to the future and empowers us to over come any obstacle or problem this life may throw at us. Hope, the divine vision, is the passion of life. It is the divine motivation; it becomes the impelling impetus behind all our actions, choices and decisions. All the saints have immense hope, a divine vision that drives their lives to the heights of sanctity. This divine vision, when it fires inside of us enables us to say “no” to the unimportant things of life and “yes” to the important things of life. It transcends our lives, our weaknesses, our failings, our ingrained vices, our scripting. Our capabilities, our strength and our character grow exponentially with the divine vision burning within us. We are transformed and we transcend. Hope is the inner source of persistence, firmness of purpose, strength to resist, fortitude to overcome. Hope enables us to conquer our fears, doubts, and hesitations, limitations, to overcome trials, tests, setbacks and persecution. The Holy Spirit is fire. Hope is fire within us. The Holy Spirit ignites that fire in our souls.