The Lord is our hope!

"Remember Your word to Your servant, in which You have made me hope."  Psalm 119:49

With all that face us each day it is to Your word that we cling, it is that which quickens us.  Let's look at some verses of Scripture that tell us of the spiritual hope that we have and its effect.

"And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us."  Romans 5:5

It was spiritual hope that enabled Abrahaam to become the father of those who would believe,
"In hope against hope he believed. in order that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, 'So shall your descendants be.'"  Romans 4:18

The Scriptures are a source of this hope,
"For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of Scripture we might have hope."  Romans 15:4

Believers are to be prepared to give testimony to this hope we have in us,
"But sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you..."  1 Peter 3:15.

Spiritual hope inspires the believer unto purity,
"And everyone who thus hopes in Him purifies himself as He is pure."  1 John 3:3

Our hope is an eternal hope that anticipates Christ's coming:
"Waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ."  Titus 2:13

An eternal hope that is a sure anchor for the soul of the believer,
"This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and one which enters within in the veil."  Hebrews 6:19

Gloriously this hope is grounded in the resurrection of our Savior,
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Chris, who according His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you."  
1 Peter 1:3-4

As the song goes--
My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus' blood and righteousness;
I dare not trust the sweetest frames, But wholly lean on Jesus' name.

On Christ the solid rock I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand,
All other ground is sinking sand.

Amen