Romans 8:24-25 (NKJV)

“For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance.”

For we who are in Christ, we live in hope. We don’t have all the answers and we don’t know all the details, but we believe and we wait. The reborn child of God does not lose hope even when the promise delays. We know that the God who has promised is faithful to fulfill His promises. So we wait patiently for all of God’s promises to come to pass, most especially, the promise of our new eternal abode with God.

We don’t need to see to believe. We don’t need physical evidence to know that heaven is real, and eternal life is our inheritance. We see them with the eyes of faith, and we hope in what we have not seen; and if some consider us fools for living in the hope of the unseen, then we gladly bear that scorn. We choose to hope in the unseen and that is not negotiable. This is the DNA of the redeemed. As with our father Abraham, we have decided to hope against hope, knowing that hoping in God is more real than the temporary realities offered by this world.

“Lord, I join other brothers and sisters to wait in the hope of Your revelation and our full adoption. We do not shake because of seemingly temporary delays. You do not fail, you are never late and that is the anchor of our hope. Amen.”