Vital signs- Monday, April 29th, 2023

Have you ever noticed how much Aussies say, “100 percent”? 

“Do you think the camping trip will go ahead?” Answer, “100% mate!”. 

It’s our way of expressing certainty! Hope is the Christian's “100% mate”! That’s because Christian hope is not wishful thinking but firm confidence in the promises of God. 

Our hope is cemented in two unchangeable things (6:18), the promises of God and His oath. And since God does not lie, whatever He promises and swears to do, He does! 

This means that we can be assured that holding fast to Jesus will see us through the storms of life. This hope is our spiritual mooring that keeps us from drifting. It’s the anchor for our souls! 

In the midst of the turmoil of life, the wind and the waves of pressure and secularisation, our hope in Jesus tethers us. 

”For example, there was God’s promise to Abraham. Since there was no one greater to swear by, God took an oath in his own name, saying: “I will certainly bless you, and I will multiply your descendants beyond number.” Then Abraham waited patiently, and he received what God had promised. Now when people take an oath, they call on someone greater than themselves to hold them to it. And without any question that oath is binding. God also bound himself with an oath, so that those who received the promise could be perfectly sure that he would never change his mind. So God has given both his promise and his oath. These two things are unchangeable because it is impossible for God to lie. Therefore, we who have fled to him for refuge can have great confidence as we hold to the hope that lies before us. This hope is a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls. It leads us through the curtain into God’s inner sanctuary. Jesus has already gone in there for us. He has become our eternal High Priest in the order of Melchizedek.“

‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭6‬:‭13‬-‭20‬ ‭NLT‬‬

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