Instead, hope rests in the sure and confident expectation that God, who sent Christ to pay the penalty for our sins, will meet all our needs both in the present and for all of eternity. Hope is invested in and focused on someone-the person of Jesus.Ĭonsider the words of 1 Timothy 4:10 (NIV), “That is why we labor and strive, because we have put our hope (elpizo) in the living God, who is the Savior of all people.” Unlike a child blowing out the candles on her birthday cake and making a wish, Biblical hope is not vain or fanciful thinking. The difference, though, is that in the New Testament hope is no longer a mere part of speech. The New Testament uses the verb elpizo and the noun elpis to relay its message.
Instead, Jeremiah confidently expects God to fulfill His promises to Israel.
He isn’t wondering if God will come through. Jeremiah 14:22 reads, “Therefore our hope (qawa) is in you, for you are the one who does all this.” The prophet is not fearful. Both mean “to trust and wait expectantly.” But the Old Testament verb translated hope is qawa while the noun from the same root is tiqwa. What is hope? In today’s culture, the word hope is often used to represent wishful thinking. Together, we’ll explore what hope is according to scripture and why we need it so badly. But the Bible describes hope much differently. What is hope? A definition that reminds me of a child making a wish over a cake lit with candles, the Cambridge Dictionary explains that hope is when one “.want(s) something to happen or to be true.”Įven though the little one squeezes and blows with all his might, it’s unlikely either Mom or Dad will provide the gift for which he’d wished.
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