“Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” Romans 15:13 NAS
Reflection
What does it mean to abound in hope? To abound means, to have in abundance, to overflow, to excel, to be excessive. How do we abound in hope? By the power of the Holy Spirit.
How powerful is the Holy Spirit? With God the Father and Son, He is God Almighty! And the same Almighty Holy Spirit of God, that raised Christ Jesus from the dead, dwells, lives, and operates in us if we’re ‘born again’ of the Spirit! Through the power of God, we are not just ‘hope-full’ people – we are continually, without ceasing, overflowing and pouring out, abounding in HOPE – all of the time and everywhere we go people!
Filled with not some, but ‘all joy and peace in believing’, we have the faith to understand and know that God is ABLE. That gives us, as the word HOPE is defined in the Bible – joyful, confident, expectation, knowing that in the power of the Holy Spirit, we can rejoice in hope … and rejoice always!
Is it unrealistic to believe that we can filled with abounding confident, joyful, expectation all of the time? NO! Because our confidence, joy and expectation are in God Himself, He is our HOPE. If we look at our circumstances, whatever they may be, filled with this HOPE, we can.
Perhaps you’re struggling with a lack of joy, a lack of confidence, and a lack of expectation in what God can and will do today. Perhaps you have been feeling a little or a lot, dis-heartened and hope-less. If that is the case, it is a privilege to pray for you right now:
Will you please join me in prayer now?
Now my dear friend, may the God of Hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing … SO THAT YOU WILL, NOT MIGHT, ABOUND IN HOPE … BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT … MAY YOU EXPERIENCE TODAY AN OVERFLOWING, EXCESSIVE, ABUNDANCE OF CONFIDENT, JOYFUL, EXPECTATION WITH ASOLUTE CONVICTION THAT OUR GOD IS ABLE TO DO EXCEEDINGLY, ABUNDANTLY ABOVE WHAT WE’VE ASKED OR IMAGINED.
MAY YOU HAVE HOPE IN SUCH ABUNDANCE, THAT IT WOULD OVERFLOW OUT AND THROUGH YOU TO YOUR FAMILY, FRIENDS, CHUCH, CO-WORKERS, AND COMMUNITY … AS YOU POUR OUT TO THE GOD OF HOPE AND ARE FILLED!
Rejoicing in Hope,
Dion Elmore
Vice President
