Everyone's been hearing a lot about hope lately. So much so that it might be Nestle's next word to be crunched from the English language. But I would like to make an observation regarding the current use of the word in Sen. Obama's campaign speeches and the Biblical use of the word.
Sen. Obama is seeking to be the messenger of hope. He talks about the future and the hope we may have in the future and its changes. As many have pointed out though, his speeches do not usually specify what the object of hope is. One comes out hyped with hope though one does not know exactly what they are hoping for, other than a nebulous "change."
How does this differ from the biblical understanding of hope? Biblical hope is grounded on God's promises--promises that are as true as rocks are hard. God's promises are simply facts waiting to be realized, and hope is the eager expectation that those promises will in due time come to pass.
In otherwords, hope involves specific knowledge of an certian change that will come to pass in a matter of time. It is not a "we think so" or "keep our fingers crossed and maybe it will happen," but an absolute guarentee. Or as the Apostle Paul said, "And hope does not disappoint us
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