Today’s Daily Lesson comes from Romans chapter 5 verses 1 through 5:
Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,2through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God. 3And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.
Hope is the prize of those who have come through something. It’s the reward of those who are still coming through something. That means it’s gritty, tough, and tenacious. Hope isn’t just an optimistic outlook or a good feeling about how things are going to go. No; hope is the mettle of someone who’s s had a lot of bad, bad feelings along the way.
That’s why hope endures. It doesn’t give up on God. It doesn’t give up on humanity. Hope can’t quit or give up or give in. It’s just not in hope’s constitution to write off the world.
I once heard Dr. Gardner Taylor speak and he remembered that in the troubled days of the Civil Rights movement, Dr. King used to say, “Hold your hope.”
Today is a day for holding our hope, holding it tight, and letting it hold us also.
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