Our Living Hope

 

And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit, so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. For not only has the word of the Lord sounded forth from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone forth everywhere, so that we need not say anything. For they themselves report concerning us the kind of reception we had among you, and

how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.

 1 Thessalonians 1

 

Our true hope as followers of Christ, His gospel-carriers, is the hope of His second coming. No matter the affliction or challenge our Father has provided us with His Spirit that enables us to live in our hope joyfully. He enables us to live lives pleasing to the Father and of great testimony to those around us.