As I mentioned last week: Hope does not stand alone. It appears in the meaning and growth given to us by God in our present trials.
But it exists in the context of both our past and our future.
John Lennox, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Oxford University, has pointed out that the two most debated books of the Bible – Genesis and Revelation – give us two foundational gifts.
The “in the beginning” of Genesis gives us our identity as made in God’s image. And the “return of Christ” in Revelation gives us our future hope.
The events of the past few years have thrown our world into a tailspin of lies, murder, and mayhem. Yet the words of Jesus still echo through the centuries: “I will build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”*
God has His plan and God has His people. He is grieved by the sinful actions of human beings. But He is never surprised nor left wondering what to do next - in your life, or mine, or in our wider world.
